IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 17880, 28 January 1922, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. January 28. 1828.—The French Pass and D’Urville Island discovered by D’Urville. 1836.—Colony of South Australia founded. January 29. 1820.—George 111. died; aged 82. 3 856.—'Victoria Cross instituted. 1896. British Empire League instituted. , 1906 Death of King Christian IX. of j Denmark, father of Queen Alexandra. Retrenchment Bill passed both branches of Legislature. Too late for mass meetiiurs of protest. , Tlio War Oflico decided tiia-t motor tractors shall replace horses in every section of the artillery, thereby reducing the personnel by 10 per cent, and increasing the mobility during war. . It is understood that tho residue of Lord Mount Stephen’s estate amounts to £750,000; but tho King Edward s Hospital ' Fund has to pay therefrom death duties totalling £600.000. M. Vilqrain, who was Food Minister m the Olemcnceau. Government, was acquitted on a charge of shooting himself in (he hand in order to obtain his discharge from tho French army and thus bo free "to earn money as a general dealer. Eggs at Wellington have bounded away up from Is 6d to 2s dd per dozen retail in the course of the past few days. They arc expected to shortly roach 2s 6d to 2s lOd. '■ Prohibition has a hard tinie trying to compote with an inventive people” (‘Charleston Gazette,’ U.S.A.). They never missed good liquor till they got Prohibition. Good liquor always, Oban Hotel.— fAdvt.] The Prime Minister announced lost evening that he did not expect the session to last more than a further ten days. Wednesday retained as the statutory half-holiday for Outran). The Maharajah Gackwar of Bare da, sent by cable the magnificent donation of £2,000 to tho ‘Daily Mirror’ (London) for a wedding-day gift to Princess Mary. Peasants of those European countrifl# where Hack bread is eaten usually have exceptionally good teeth. Lions and tigers kept in captivity require one day a week without food to keep them in good health. Builders and Contractors.—Timber direct from bush mills; prompt dcspatoh._ Hogg and Co., Ltd., Roberts street, Dunedin. P.O. Box 349.—[Advt.] Girls in Hongkong fire sold at about £1 a. head. Although called “ adoption," it is really a form of slavery. It is authoritatively denied that the Ambassadors’ Conference fixed Earl’s pension. Great Britain is in the meantime making Earl an allowance. Such enormous quantities of tinned milk are used to-day that the tins consumed every year would go nearly live times round tho earth; 4,600,000,0001 bof milk are used by the great canning industries. Tho estimated value of the poultry produced in the United Kingdom during 1920 was at least £50,000,000, tho value of the wheat grown during the same period Mas approximately £j31,000,(W