IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 17791, 13 October 1921, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

' ANNIVERSARIES. 1875.— ‘ Palmerston Weekly Times’ Is* 1881.—Gab of extraordinary force throughout British Irks; many lives lost and much damage done. 1887. —-Marlon crossed the Channel from Dover to Dunkirk in balloon. 1905.—Death of Sir Henry Irving. 1914.—Belgian Government at Havre, The population of Malta is now 24,580. Twenty thousand umbrellas were left in the Paris “tube” last year. The actual number of members enrolled in the League of Nations Union during Tuesday’s street campaign was 60S, and the amount contributed £7O 5s 6d, The membership is now' about 700. American milliners are arranging to change the styles of hats every month -instead of twice a year, The revenue of the Palmerston North municipal busses for the first four weeks’ of their running was £594 7s. Many West "End clubs are in a bad financial way, and one or two of the oldest nml most famous of them are considering the admission of women members. The first American bar in London was opened at the old Westminster Aquarium in the early ’eighties of last century. The Orman language is unpopular in Prague in these days, and Germans who cannot speak the Czech language try to make themselves understood in broken English. A good tailor is MacLeod MacGillivrfty, Rattray street (opposite D.1.C.). —[Advt.] "As a Scotsman,” cnys lan Hay, the author of ‘ The First Hundred Thousand,’ "I enjoy giving things away—especially when they are other people’s property.’ Uver 1'500,0C0 houses were destroyed in Polish towns and villages during the war, and already nearly 600,000 hava been rebuilt. The estimated amount of income tax duo in Great Britain for the year 1920-21, and still unpaid on April 30 last, was £40,000,000. V ' , . The British Army in 1919-20 cost £521,000,000, last year it cost £211,000,009, and the figures for the coming year are £126,000,000. • .r J-.cF^o- - placing your order for joinery and doors see Hogg and Co., Ltd. P.O. Bos 349, Dunedin. They are producers of hlgfeclass work. _ Their works manager, My V 7. Marshall, will bo pleased to confer .With you. ( Call when in Dunedin.—[Advt.] ■