IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 17957, 2 May 1922, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 15,19.—Leonardo da Vinci born. 1864.- Meycrlicor died. Arbitration Court decision on tlie bonus to l;o delivered at Auckland early moA week, tlars lias a. day I'orly-ouo minutes longer than oar own, Poppy Day in Wellington realised £1,746, ami t-be expenses wore 10s. The iirst flight of 100 miles by aeroplane \v;is made by nenry Farm an in Mr ’Massey postpones his Samoan visit. Too many important matters require attention in Kew Zealand. Extensive additions arc being made- to the New Zealand' Wax Vesta Company’# factory at Cavcrshani, the cost imining into the vicinity of £6,000. Treat your watch right. Williamsons, 31 Princes street, will cure it quickly if it's ill. Moderate charges always.—[Advt.] hi the ex-Kaiser's Berlin pajaco wera found 10,000 copper cooking utensils after his flight, although, all copper had been called' in by his Government. Uliri v thousand' people are killed or injured in the United! .States every day; five persons, it is estimated; meet death by accident there every minute. Mr Architect, see Hogg and Co., Ltd., doom before completing your plane. They are rolia bio .—[Ad vt. ] Hundreds of acres on the high lands round l Mount Ruapehu are at present n i'(vi' of pink—the heather in bloom. Tlra r-pread! of this plant is regarded with concern in ilie district, as it is killing the small vegetation with its prolific growth. A fanner in the neighborhood of Palmerston North told a' ‘ Mana.\valu Times’ representative on Thursday that a- larce number of immigrants had! called at hir> homestead l lately in search of work. .Several of them had' oilored. to work for theta bare food' and' shelter.