IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 18047, 15 August 1922, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1807.—Gas first used in London. 1334.—Province, of South Australia established. 1867.—Second Reform Bill passed. ISM.—Samoan Force sailed from New Zealand. The congregation of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church has entered on its diamond jubilee. Lon! Northcliffo’s death is announcedParis Press pessimistic, and offensive in its attitude towards the British Premier. Four deaths result from morphia poisoning in the homo of a, Melbourne doctor. The Bluff young couple acquitted on the charge of baby murder. This trial concluded the Dunedin criminal sittings. Before placing your order for timber and joinery consult Hogg end 00., Ltd., Dunedin, who are specialists. When in Dunedin call and see their works, also examine their patent lining; most unique on the market. P.O. Box 349.—[Advt.] Professor Plight, of Canterbury College, opposes the name of Tasman Sea being changed to Ansae. The deficit on the Canadian Government railways was reduced by over £2,000,000 during 1021. There is enough iron in the blood of forty-two men to make a ploughshare weighing 241 b. Trawlers formerly under British Government control are being converted at Cowes for the Spanish Navy. Obanism (549): Who killed Cock Eobin? That wo cannot tell; but wo all know the Oban for iho It.N. and Whisky that they soil.—[Advt.] Machines are now in use which make cigarettes at the rate of 50,000 an hour, and which pack 15,000 an hour. • Brentwood, Essex, with a- death rate of under 12 per 1,000, claims to bo one of the healthiest towns in England. Earth of various sons, from all parts of the world, is used by a well-known artist in making up his colors. A New York church has a baby room, whore members may leave small children with volunteers during the services. Confidence comes with the first introduction. High-grade Tailored Suits at Bedrock Prices. Prices from £6 10s to £9 10s. Costumes from £8 10s. G. S. Roberts, Stock Exchange (Water street entrance).— [Advt.] A club for women where the members will bo able to live and board very cheaply is about to be opened in London. Primarily only nurses and other professional women will bo admitted to membership. Its existence is duo to the generosity of Lord and Lady Oowdray. About £IOO,OOO has been spent on the premises. At, the General Assembly of thn Free Church of Scotland at Inverness it was reported that twenty-two persons had been awarded diplomas for repeating the Shorter Catechism at one sitting without committing any mistake. Of tha successful competitors there were four generations of one family—a, great-grandmother (eighty-nine years of age), grandmother, mother, and daughter. Try Williamson’s, 31 Princes street, with that troublesome watch. It receives expert treatment, with no cure no pay guarantee. -[Advt.] A new motor lifeboat, built out of a legacy left to the. Royal National Life< boat Institution by the late Mr Joseph Adlam, of Worcester, has been launched at Blytb, England. t