IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 17923, 20 March 1922, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVTSRSAItIES. 1727.—-Sir Isaac Newton died, 1848.—1/onis Napoleon became Preid« dent o? French Republic. 1866. Road between Christchnrdi and; West Coast opened (cost £150,000). 1371.—Napoleon 111. arrived at Dover, after capitulation at Sedan.

Captain Amundsen lias Bailed, from. Gbristiania for America, lie will Gtarb on his North Polo expedition from Seattle on Juno 1.1. Ho expects to bo away for five years. Rand strike definitely off. There is a general stampede to get back to work. As Beckett is suffering from influenza his fight with. Cook, tho Australian, is likely to !» (postponed, Mr Builder, you appreciate good work. Superior fittinps half soil a homo, doora in , particular, There is no timber &o beautiful as ilirured rod pino. Consult Hogg and Co., Ltd. P.O. Box 319, Dunedin.-[Advt,J

Ghandi, tho Indian NoE-00-operatiTO leader, hws boon oonttencodi to ciz yeara" wimple imprisonment. " Every man who has tried to bring art, to Tar&naki ia now walking oibont without boots," deotared an art dealor when being prosecuted in tho Now Ply* month court. " I have been married fourteen yeans, and have never once been away from my i home on any night during that time. ■ That is a record few wives can beat," said]', a witness in tho Palmerston North M.agifitrato's Court. The Eltham County Council lias reduced . the ealarics of its officers by 10 per coni ; It also reduced the travailing aUovraneoa , of councillors. Mr W. Hall, the well-known Waircaapa< atldeto, hopes in the near future io croej ! the Tararuas to Oiaki, witli a view to lowering tho record timo for the jominey. "These gentlemen who youeay we» acting both w&yts are not politicians, are they?'' queried His Honor Mr Jostico Hosting of a witness at the Nefaca Su» preino Court one morning last week. Witness: " Apparently thoy are, y®w \ Honor." " It is fifty-one years to-day since tho first sod of tho * Clutha Railway waa turned.

Gas masks for the armed guards in American banks are fitjggestad, anoa malefactors show signs of adopting gas bombs. London Bridge his ft rent roll oi £150,000 a year, derived from property loft in the past for the special upkeep of tho bridge. Here's to the love that lies in womerfaoycfi, and lies, and lies, and lies. This is DcWs Imperial.—{Advt.] Folding wiflgs and a special enghwhsnj been fixed to a motor car, with tl» inien* tiozi of making it usable on the ground and in the air.

Collecting " kiss-printe" is tho latest whim of Parißksmea. Tho lips are robbed with rouge and a kiss is impressed on tho smooth page of on album and signed. W-atobea hidden in cakes cf eoap or carried in body -belta have ibeen detected by tho Customs offioora at Borer, wharu fino3 fop em-agglmg reached: £2,000 in a short time.

German workers are to he taken ia Franco to reconstruct pari of the devastated region, says the ''Westminister Gazette.' The French labor anions no longer oppose tho plan. The fitoamera of tho Canadian Paoiflo Line are being equipped with Jdnemate* graphs, which entertain tho passengers with of Canadian eeenary, agricnlturo,' and industrial life. Hendcnson'G, Morning-ton. Lega Mutton 5Sd per lb, Stewing Steak sd, Mince M, Chops fiom.-Sd .gpe-r ib,.ibremißWei% 3t.pW