IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 17312, 27 March 1920, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES (March 27). 1859.—John Bright died. 1892.—Walt. Whitman died. (March 28). 1854.—Opening Crimean War. 1913.—Mataura Valley flood (damage £150,000). V ° Death of Zara White in Long Bay' Reformatory (Sydney) removes last of three men concerned in the Great Barrier murder near Auckland in 1885, when a settler named Taylor was shot. Prime Minister received a big birthday cake yesterday from the staff of Boweii Street Private Hospital, where he underwent minor operations. ' Pelorus Guardian,' published at Havelock, has ceased publication; war and its aftermath the cause. According to an ancient Irish, superstition a vicious horse could be tamed by whispering the Creed in its right ear en Fridays and in its left ear on Wednesdays, till it was cured, which was merely a matter of time, unless it had been born at Whitsuntide, in which case it was incurable. It has been estimated that war work for women drew 400,000 recruits from domestic work and dressmaking in land. ° The Cuban workmen can turn out 100 cigars a day each, all identical in shape, size, and weight, without using any mould or pattern. ' 1 In England, the longest interval on record without fatal accidents to a passenger train, is one year and eight months, from October 26,- 1907, to July 2, 1909. The greatest volcanic catastrophe in history occurred in 1783, when Asamayama, on the main island of Japan, blew up. The mountain threw great volumes of dust to a height of 50 miles, and for years the atmosphere all over the earth was foggy with it. Come and trip it as you go on tho light . f uTiiastic toe, $ and : d?jnk Xtewart Imperial.