IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 17542, 23 December 1920, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. . 1861.—First All-England Elven cricketers arrived in Australia by Great Britain, landing Melbourne 1861. 1899.—Lord Roberts sailed for South Africa. Firemen and seamen not in sympathy with the stewards who are on strike on the ferry service. The Maori' and Wahine are continuing their daily runs, but without stewards. “Loafing is treated as a purely Sabbatical act.’’—Dr Percy Deamer. Brookes and Patterson may represent Australasia both in the Singles and Doubles in the Davis Cup contest next. i week. The Union Company is quietly ' confident of being able to get the Manuka away from Sydney for Wellington to-day, and the Maheno for Auckland. Both vessels will, of course, travel without the full complement of stewards, but intending passengers will willingly submit to such sacrifice rather than be stranded. Mr Hughes has announced that he has ■ been advised by Senator,. Millen that the Pacific mandates have been .arranged on ; terms satisfactory to Australia. I The seismograph at Riverview College j (Sydney) recorded a very distinct earthj quake shock a little before 2 o’clock on j Sunday afternoon, the wave of amplitude ] amounting to four millimetres., PresumI ably it was the South American, earth- | quake. j “I should be sorry to be told how i many millions of bacteria I shall partake : of when I have lunch.”—The Lord Chief ; Justice. i The remarkable price movements of i silver during the last five years, and esi pecially during the last year, are unpre- ■ cedented. Within a year silver quotaI tions have fluctuated more than 100 per ‘cent, in, the London market and 70 per ■ cent in the New York market. Wellington Harbor Board recommends a conference of boards, chambers of commerce, etc., to discuss a policy for standardising methods of waterfront work. Stratford yesterday carried by 378-89 a proposal to borrow* £129.500 for waterworks, drainage, and street formation. i The one who professes is the one -who gives : his fellow-beings a little more, a little' better ! service. We are triers at the Oban Hotel*— 1 CAdvt J