IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 17924, 21 March 1922, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

AN3TIVERS ARIES.

1857.—Capture of Lucknow by Sir Colin Campbell. 1881.—Peace concluded with. Boers. 1894.— Licensing elections. First occasion in tho world when women voted on the question. 1918.--Great Gorman offensive began.

Ross's appeal (Gati Alley murder) unanimously disallowed. ■ The RemuewL nt the week-end brought 265 immigrants to Auckland., and the Corinthic, which reached Wellington yesterday, an additional 268. It is thirtv-fivo years to-day craoo the Drill Shed at Port Chalmers was opened by Sir William Jcrvois. Sanfuiiiajy week-end at Belfast resulted in six'bein;: killed, and a score wounded. i 'sneak "thief entered a lawyer's offlco at* Auckland after it had 1 been closed, and purloined tho petty cash. Some larrikins at Stratford renuwad some fencing posts, ' with the wires attaohod, and placed them across tie mam road. A serious accident was narrowly averted. „,,,-, „ , ]t has been suggested that the Masterton municipal bath should be converted into u. tepid one. Tho proposal is said to be ropervinir a (rood deal of support. A conference is to ho held; at Auckland of representatives of districts lor the purpose of devising means of improving the roads. When an income tax collector called recently on Tetrazzini, tho famous operatic ebiirer, he received £1,500 in payment and a slice of plum pudding which Tetrazzini herself bad made.

Before placing your order tot joinery and doors see Hogg and Co., Ltd. P.O. Box 349. Dunedin. They are produce™ of hfchclass wfik. Their works manager, Mr W, Marshall, will be plowed to confer with you. Call when in Dunodin.—{Advt.] Among tho hobbies confessed to/by wellknown people who figuro in this year's •Who's Who' are ecclesiokwy, mathematics, journalism, fungi, blindfold' ohesa, end bookplate collecting. _ Tho smallest gold piece in the world! IB tho gold franc, one m which wao specially minted) as a standard! for <the use of the League of Nations, and afterwards presented) to Sir Erio DrummonA A Pctrogxad telegram to Reval states that the foreign colony there intends to establish an international co-operative a*Bodatioo to supply food aadl other necesai; ties to all foreigners in tin North of PbUSSia* Twenty yoara ego China bad only two cotton mills, with 66,000 spfodlee. According to latest reports her total has risen to sixty-three milk, with 1,422,632 epindlcß. British-owned mills in Shanghai h*ve 248,766 epindlea. Throe hundred and sixty-four men were murdered in Germany within the last two years without tho mrurdeirorfl ? being punished (st&tfls Dr -Grambol, a paicifini author, in hia book, ' Two Yeaca of Murder,' just published^

■ Henderson's, Mornington. Legs Mutton 6Ad per lb, Stewing Steak 6d, Minos 4d, tihopfl faom 5d per lb, I'aKqnartea, 3d pet lb.—[Advt.] A loan of £3,(2)0,000 has been floated in London by tho Government of Sfig<K%; a British Crown Colony. Tho proWwl oi this loan will bo use*J tar tt* ooawtmo'' Una of railway \