IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 18138, 30 November 1922, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1578.—Cape Horn discovered by Drake. 1835. —Mark Twain born, 1842.—First Masonic Lodge opened in New Zealand, at Wellington. 1917. —Second battle of Cambi'iS. St. Andrew’s Day, People's Day at A. and P. Show. The Ponsonby Boys’ Brass Band (the dominion’s youngest brass band) will give concerts in Dunedin on December 30 and 31. There arc thirty band boys, each playing a man’s instrument. Obanism (440) i Facing Bobby Burn* it takes its stand, a small house, one of the best in tha. land, close to main thoroughfare, not far from tha station. Oban, the small house with the big reputation^—{Advt.l Employment of volunteer labor to man the Vancouver mail steamer Makura causes a stir in maritime circles in Sydney. General unheaval threatened. The Mohammedan year is shorter than ours by nearly eleven days. Men are not, as & rule, deeply impressed with bargains. What counts with the sound business man jk values. Plaoo your Xma* Suit with Q. S. Roberts, Stock Exchange Buildings, where mlue and workmandhip go baud in hand. —[Advt.] A parcel of consols recently changed hands for the first time since 1750. The British Court of Appeal reversed its decision refusing Archbishop Wakeford permission to proceed in a slander action. The rent irrecoverable from tenants of the working-men’s dwellings of tire Lon. don County Council last year was lees than Id in the £IOO. See ttm New Pretty Bead Necklets at Williamsons', the jewellers. They have a fine tftock of gilt goods cow.—[AdvL] Signor Mussolini has ordered all Italian consuls and consular agents who are not of Italian nationality to quit their posts in January. Italians, preferably ex-soldiers, will bo appointed to the vacancies. The fig treo in the gardens e! Baby Castle, Yorkshire, said to bo tho oldest in England, is still bearing fruit. It was brought from Italy in 1786. Wren's.—Paint that house with Perfects Point; 25 per cent cheaper than imported brands, and every drop guarantee*! by Wren’s, Wren’s. We ®dl it for fcssr-[Advt.] John Crook, of Braintree, tho oldest guard of the Great Eastern Railway, has just retired after serving for forty-eight years and travelling a million miles.