IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 18021, 15 July 1922, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. -—July 15. 1815.—Napoleon went on board th# Bclleropbon after abdicating. 1819.—First steamer voyage (Savannah! between New York and Liverpool; twentysix days. 1857. —Massacre o[ Cawnpofo. 1858. —City of Venezuela (South America) destroyed bv earthquake; 800 deaths. 1918.—Tliixd German offensive; second Maine battle commences. —July 16. 1850.—Now Company dissolved. 1909. —Shah of Persia dethroned. 1918.—Ex-Tsar shot at Ekaterinburg. .Earth tremors yesterday afternoon in the Taupo district. Cracks opened at Mokai. Harold Nealo (22), a farm liand at Pembroke, has been missing since Monday, and is believed to have Been drowned in a flooded creek. The Annual Communication of.the Masonic Grand Lodge of New Zealand will open in Christchurch on Wednesday, November 29. As we live we grow. High-grade tailored suits from £6 10s to £9 IDs. Every coat guaranteed tailored by handj cut, and fitted by G. S. Roberta, Stock Exchange Buildings, (Water street entrance). Late night Friday. —[Advt,] A careless individual left a handbag containing over £IOO on the counter of the Christchurch City Council office. It was discovered by the officials and returned to tho owner. It is thirty-fiye years to-day since tho Dunedin Sailors’ Rest was opened. It is announced from London that Lord Northcliffe’s health continues unsatisfactory. His heart is weaker, and an obscure toxic process has not subsided. Have you seen the new patent lining manufactured by Hogg and Co, Ltd., Bo* berts street, Dunedin? Most unique lining ever in oak, red pins, Oregon, and Californian redwood; draught* proof, dustproof; run from dry timbers; delightful effect in dining rooms, entrance halls. Call and see samples.—£Advt.| A well-known firm of caterers in London have 25,000 pieces of crockery broken every week. Leeds proposes to_ use its tramways to transport coal straight from tho collieries to the large works in tho city. Tho new bridge linking Ontario, in Canada, -with Detroit, in Michigan, will havo the longest span, m the world—l,Booft. At Spalding, England, two blackbirds built their nest in a broom standing on end in, a hovel, and the ben bird sat on four eggs. It's what they say it is: Always at Williamsons’, the quality jewellers, Princes street. They are the practical people.— [lAdrt.j By providing skilled dental and optical treatment for his staff, a Bradford manufacturer has improved the output of his mills.