IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 17953, 26 April 1922, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1769.—First Eo;. al Academy Exhibition, 1845.—Martial law proclaimed iu Now Zealand. 1857,—Sir J. G. Ward born, 1876.—First issue Oamaru ‘ Mail.' 1900.—Groat fire at Hull (Quebec), ■which spread to Ottawa; 15,000 persons rendered destitute; estimated damage, £3,000,000, At the Strath Taieri Show the preside nt’s cup, allotted to the exhibitor gaining most points, was won„by Miss L. Tiadall with 46 points, Mr E. J. Moynihon being second with 42 points, and Mr E. J. Dochcrty third with 40 points. Robert Webb, a waterside worker, was fined £lO for “ toto ” odds betting at Avondalo (Auckland) on Saturday. The polico stated that it was accused's first attempt at bookmaking. Ho had taken forty-two bets in the seventh race. Two Timaru storekeepers were _ taken down the other day by tho passing of pennies disguised as 2s pieces. According to an agreement between the French and Australian Governments, the holders of Australian passports do not need to have their passports vised when travelling through France. This will apply to tho French colonics. One of the New Plymouth tramway conductors has been fortunate enough (o win the second prize in Tattersall’s sweeps of tho nominal value of £I,BOO. Phenomenal—that word conveys some idea of the sale of the Oban Hotel pre-war standard draft Whisky. There is nothing better. —[Advt.] The Christchurch City Council has refused to remit rates on sports grounds. Tho Australian Press Association’s correspondent at Genoa staled that it unofficially reported that a EuseoHungarian treaty was signed on Saturday, creating a block between Poland and the Tittle Entente. Boss executed for the Gun Alley (Melbourne) murder. Protested his innocence to the last. Sir Keith Smith will leave Toulon by the Ormonde to attend his brother’s funeral in Australia. The Prince of Wales has cabled to Sir Keith from Tokio as follows: “Deepest sympathy you and your family.’’ Every summer for thirty-three year's an official “ bird watcher ” has been on duty in a solitary hut at the north-east extremity of tho Shetland Islands. Treat your watch right. Williamsons, 31 Princes street, will cure it quickly if it’ll ill. Moderate charges always.—[Advt.] Gunnery practice and the manoeuvring of ships ini the Firth of Forth have been suspended by tho Admiralty in order to improve tho sea-fishing. At the annual service in London of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, which was held at, St. Paul’s, the ceremonies included tho affixing of the tenners of Viscounts Chelmsford and 1 Novar and Admiral Bosanquet. According to the National Association for tho Advancement of Colored People, New York, ■ sixty-three persons were lynched in the United States in 1921. After risimr for some time, Birmingham unemployment figures recently dropped to 84,439 wholly unemployed or 1 not working more than three days a, week. Dominion doors are the most reliable in tho Dominion. Hogg and Co., Ltd. P.O. Box 349, Dunedin. — [Advt.] Gorman exports to Russia are rapidly increafdpg. Of 19,382,000 poods of _foreign goods unloaded at Petrograd port in 1921 tine-third 1 came from Germany. The Ontario Legislature refused Mr . Pkiro Bloudiu. ' ex-l’ostmaster-Gcnoral o! Canada, permission to practise law in Oiwrio, although ho had practised iu Quebec, on the ground that he made certain statements during the Quebec election in which he spoke’ derogatorily of the Union Jack. A, Bill is to ba submitted to the Manitoba Legislature to provide a fund of approximately £222,200, 'from which .small sums could he advanced to fanners threatened with foreclosure on mortgages. A good lamp is sunshine an a house. Drink Dewar’s Imperial and produce sunshine.—f Advt.] Tho number of persons in receipt of Poor Law relief in Loudon on January 17 was 228.311, being 60.9 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with 226,048, equal to 50.4 per 1,000, on January 10. Hamburg shipping returns show that' (ho total tonnage of incoming ships for the year 1921 was 9,421,000, as compared with 14,185.000 in 1913. Tho figures for cleavings arc 9,443,000 in 1921, aa against 14,439,000 in 1913.