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Evening Star, Issue 17326, 14 April 1920, Page 1

(Continued on Pago 2.) IN A NUTSHELL ANNIVERSARIES.. .1759.—Handel, composer, died.1812.—Sir George»Grey born. 1865.—Prsddeut- Lincoln assassinated. 1874.—Hutt raijway opened. , 1912.—Steamer Titanic collided with an iceberg, off Cape Race, Newfoundland ; 1,493 lives lost. Industrial Court at Sydney fined the Bricklayers' Society £IOO jar illegally striking in connection with the. no Saturday work movement. Jockeys' dispute with Avondalo stewards to be referred to Mr Pat Hally, a number of the Board of Trade and ex-Conci!i:: tion Commissioner. An Australasian record price (1,405g5) f<u a Hereford cow was obtained at Feildiug yesterday at the dispersal sale of Mr K. Short's Parorangi herd. Vagrancy was highest in England in January, 1910, since when it has ateadiiy been decreasing. "Z" is the least used letter. In ordinary books it occurs on. an average twice in 3,000 words. -Shortage of_ newsprint likely to compel reduction in size of Dominion dallies. Anglo-French crisis ra Ruhr' ended, France has agreed to withdraw her troops.' Maori resumes ferry running to-morrow in conjunction with Wahine— %he pre-wai service. The bamboo sometimes grows 2ft in 24 hours. Asparagus is said to be the oldest of all plants used for food. The" oceans of the world measure about 324,000,000 cubio miles. . Potatoes seldom grow larger than marbles in Greenland. Near Greenland's icy mountains, on India's coral strand, by Afric's sunny fountains, Dewar's Imperial stands.—[Advt j There's gold in the rock Trier© the rnhwro flock, There's gold in the sands of the tea;' ' '« Theue's gold in .the very'air we breathe, Could science but set it free. There's hidden gold in the pirate's hold, And we*il find it some day, Tm sure; * There's ease worth gold for a cough or cold \ In Woods? Greet