IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1,, c . 44.—Assawn'nntion of Julias Csssar. 1877.—Wreck of Ocean Mail on French Reof. Chatham Island. 1889. Hurricane, ehipwrccks, and loss of life in Samoa. Rand rebellion broken. Police theory is that Plunket, tho onearmed prisoner at largo, was responsible for tho Milton railway station robber}'. The Akitio County will form part of the Masterlon electorate at the next General Election. Formerly the county was in tho Pahiatua electorate. A petition against the tranwfer was not upheld. 'A Foxton potato grower states that he is convinced, after experiment, that Wight can be avoided if tho soil is suitably fertilised. Where the soil had' been enrich«d the tubers were not attacked, but in tho impoverished ground they were badly affected. Scarlet fever and diphtheria cases m London hospitals numbered 8,305 t few weeks ago. Mr Architect, see Hopir and Co., Ltd., doors before- completing yonr plane. They arc reliable. —[Advt.] Horn ford Urban Council received over £I,OOO in tho London market for celery grown on the sewage farm. " " Pleato cloeo tho door," in fourteen different bn/riwges, appears on a notice in tho Enemy Debts Clearing Office, London. Radium, if taken as medicine, would have remarkable effects on our health, says a doctor who has tested his theory. Gather, ve rosebuds, while yo may. Old Time is still a-flying. and this same flower that emiles to-day to-morrow will be dying, while Dewar's Imperial lives for ever.— [Advt.] Tho total number of motor cars In the world is estimated at nearly 11,000,000, of which 83 per cent, are in tho United States. "Little Ben," an ox recently shown ait Norwich, weighed 28cwt, and was too heavy to bo taken to tho railway station in any of the usual vehicles.
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Evening Star, Issue 17919, 15 March 1922, Page 1
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289IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 17919, 15 March 1922, Page 1
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