IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 17329, 17 April 1920, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. ' April 17. 1790. —Benjamin Franklin died. 1891.—Te Kooti died. 1897.—Turkey declared war on Greece. April 18. 1689.—Judge Jeffreys died. 1906.—Earthquake at San . Francisco ; damage, £60,000,000. Influenza prevalent in Christchurch, hut no pneumonic cases reported. Shortage of benzine said to bo still a-,uta at Auckland. races continued to-day. Next of kin of an American seaman who was drowned through the sinking of the ship which was carrying him fo penal servitude for life for murder are to share S.OCOdol (about £1,250) under the U.S.A. Government scheme of insurance. A general store at Centre Bush (Southland), owned by Mr J. Stewart, totally destroyed by. fire. The loss is estimated at £2,CCO above the insurances. Lord Jellicoe, our new Governor-General. # The latest census estimates'the population of Canada at 8,835,000. Wadi and MLennau, of Anzac square, are advertising on page 8 in this issue a wonderful value live-roomed house for sale. A bargain well worth inquiring about. (1556) Lloyd Clemenceau were the Christian names .given to a baby christened at Hendon. The Napier Harbor Board’s proposal to borrow £250,000 for the construction of tho first section of the inner harbor was agreed to at a poll taken yesterday. The mail which left New' Zealand on March 9 arrived in London on lire 12th inet. In the last 50 years the science of medicine has advanced more than in tho previous 50 centuries. But the average man still thinks he knows an infallilde cure for a eough.—‘ Journal of the Arnc-ri-' can Medical Association.’ An unusual incident occurred in a, divorce suit heard by Mr Justice Md '.-o,twin London recently. Two deaf and dumb children gave evidence through an interpreter with regard to charges made hv their father against their mother. Tho king who loves the law respects his bounds and reigns content within them go long as Dewar’s Imperial is found.—[Advt.]