IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 17958, 3 May 1922, Page 1

IN A NUTSHEL L

- ANNIVERSARIES. 1494.—Jamaica discovered. 1840. -Auckland declared capitahof New Zealand. 1841. —New Zealand) declared independent. 1843.—Thos. Hood died). 1915. —Russian, retreat inr Galicia coalmen ced. British shipping was first registered4a . 1660. Among ostriches, the cock 'birds incubate tho eggs. Concrete roads cost on an average£s,ooo per mile to construct. The Great Western Railway Company lias asked its 90,000 employees to save one penny per day per man. This would) mean an annual saving of £140,000. An Auckland bankrupt twenty-one year® of age, after one year’s trading ass indent agent, owes £1,165, while his assets are £2O. Poppy I)ay in Dunedin yielded, £923. The first meeting this season of tho Dunedin Gardening Club was held last evening. Mr Holling worth addressed the members on several points of importance. Sydney reports that there is still no sign of the Maimrewa.. Old King, that merry old soul, called for bis pipe, then ho called for his glass, and said “Royal Navy Hum for me.” Oban Hotel.—{Advt.] Delegates from nil sections of eervico will discuss tho P. and T.’a projected alliance and the Government veto at Wellington on Friday. The Canberra strikers have accepted tjfo terms offered by tho Commonwealth Prime Minister, and have returned to work. The chief engineer of the Public Works Department proceeds to Auckland to investigate tho question of providing a light at the Three Kings. , The Minister elates that a ChnstdiuTch Boys’ High School teacher alone in tho dominion ‘ refused the ■prescribed oath of allegiance. Treat your watch right. Williamsons, 31 Princes street, will cure it quickly it it’s ill. Moderate charges always.— {Advt.] A Reuter message from Pelting states that the transfer of the Shantung railway to tho Chinese guards has been completed. This is’in accordance with tho provisions of the Washington Agreement. Sir Arthur Balfour, who was recently raised to the peerage, has taken the title of Earl of Balfour. ’ An unofficial message states that the Spaniards had a serious reverse In Morocco, and were obliged to retire to bases at Tetuan and Larache. To preserve a well-balanced mind one should drink Dewar’s Imperial.—[Advt.]' Tho Mauretania, on her passage to Southampton from New York, touched 27£ knots an hour and averaged 25] knots, establishing a world’s record. The United States Supremo Court has ruled that the portion of the Californian alien land law is unconstitutional which, forbids aliens who are ineligible for citizenship to act as guardians for tho agricultural lands of their American-born children. Before, placing your order for timber and joinery consult Hogg and Co., Ltd., Dunedin, ‘who are specialist®. When in Dunedin call and see their works, also examine their patent lining; most unique on tho market. P.O. Box 349.—[Advt.] The South African Assembly has adopted' new 'rules limiting the length of speeches to forty minutes in _ tho Budget debate or in introducing motions, and to ten minutes in committee. Tho King and Queen and many Royalties -attended tho .funeral of Lord Leopold Mountbaiten. The remains were interred in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. Inquiries in England regarding tho whereabouts of Eric Raymond (who was mussed on tho eve of his marriage) have proved fruitless, ami tho Australian authorities are not proceeding further in the matter. Prevention is better than cure, my lad, a maxim that’s good and old; so got a bottla of R.N. Rum, no chance of catching a cold. Oban Hotel.—[Advt.] “In all my life in Now Zealand I can remember nothing like this outburst of crime in Now Zealand,” eaid tho Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) whilo sentencing a prisoner at the Wellington Supremo (hurt. “It must bo .stopped in eomo way.”