IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 18044, 11 August 1922, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

_ ANNIVERSARIES. l&O.—British flag hoisted at Aharoa by Captain Stanley. iiioorpoiwted. ]o/6. Registration of women dootora permuted by Medical Ack 1876.--H,ou&e ol Lords reconstructed 83 Court- of Final Appeal. Newman died; , aged eighty-nine.

I bo •j-nmisd expenditure on the Japanese arniyjs to be reduced by 20.200,000 yen. lia;ii a pound of tea consumed weeklv means an increase to the revenue of £1 6a a year.

Mr Contractor, when in Wellington visit the new House of Parliament, and see the doors and joinery supplied by Hogg and rt o'’ 0 '’ oor joinery specialists. P.O. Box 349, Dunedin.—[Advfc.] I nrther boring in dm Dobson Coal Company’s field (near Greymoutli) disuses an li ft bin scam of coal.at a depth of 750f1, Roughlv thirty acres lave been proved, estimated to contain 1,000.000 tons.

Same seventy subscribers from the Duneel in Felice contribute £l3 9s 6d to tho Pea ivsou memorial fund. _ Confidence comes with the first introduction. High-grade Tailored Suits at Bedrock Prices. Prices from £6 10a to £9 10s. Coatumca from £8 10s. G. S. Roberta, Stock Exchange (Water street entrance).— [Advt.]

On Saturday an attempt will be made to transmit the concert to bo given by the University Musical Society by wireless telephony. Tl.c wave-length used will be 450 metres, and the power 40 watts. The conceit begins at 8 p.ra. Although poor in water-power, Italy Is putting her rivers and lakes to good-'use in increasing tho supply of electricity, thus cutting down her ocal imports. Obani-sm (316); Everything is missed by him who waits. The small house with tho big reputation never lets up until the country orders are at the station.—[Advt.] Children injured by street accidents in London annually outnumber the entire elementary. school attendance of such, towns as Eastbourne and Hartlepool. Fitting up tho Majestic, England's largostliner, was a costly proceeding, the stores including 16,000 cups, -30,000 plates, 2,400 teapots, and 8.000 tumblers. Friendship is the only thing in the world, excepting Dewar’s Imperial, concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed l . -[Advt.] “ Mourning postage stamps,” now on sale in Germany, bewail the loss of the German colonies. One example shows a flag at half-mast, and has a wide black border.

As a result of cheaper postage in Britain one firm has ordered a million halfpenny stamps fo’ tho despatch of circulars as soon as the new rates come into force. Experience of Scoullar and Chisholm’s Furniture is that it is the cheapest In the city. Test it for yourselves.—[Advt.] In 16-| hours between dawn and dusk at Brooklands. Surrey, a motor car driven in turn by three drivers covered 1,275 miles, an average of seventy-six miles an hour.

Henderson’s, Mornington: Legs Mutton, sjd !b: Stewing Steak, sd; Mince, 4-d; Chops from 5d lb; Forequarters, 3d lb.—[Advt.]