IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 18161, 29 December 1922, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ASiJTVEIiaAIUES. 1809.—Gladstone bom, 1170.—Thomas A’Beckett murdered. 1895.—Dr Jameson's ride into Trani* vaal from Ma-fekitig. , 1916. —Rasputin shot and body thrown Into the Nova. Volunteers secured for the Niagara, and the company is calling for volunteers for the Waihemo. Obanism (Now Tear): The cocktail with » kick. Oban special, the only hotel in N. 55. to bottle qualities. Quality holla, henoo till* demand. Quarts 12s, pints 6s 6d. Try * nip fit the bar, Oban Hotel.—[Advt.] “ Transformations " of pure "white hair much in demand among London society women, cost up to £55 apiece. The best white hair will bring at feast £5 an ounce. Men are not, as a rule, deeply Impressed with bargains. What counts with the sound business man is values. Place your Xmas Suit with G. S. Roberts, Stock Exchange Buildings, where value end workmanship go hand in hand.—[Advt.] Poison, gas so deadly that one-tgoth of 1 per cent, of it in the atmosphere would be fatal, has been used successfully in clearing a. ship of rats, cockroaches, and other pests. Special Xmas prices for all liquors at the Provincial Hotel Bottle Store. Variety, quality, value, and service unexcelled. Country clients, get vour Xmas orders now.— [Advt.] Taxes on. food, drink, ’ and entertainments alone amount in the case of a work-ing-class family of five in England to not less than 14s a week, according to Mr J. 11. dynes, M.P. Experience of Scoullar and Chisholm's Fur* niture is that it is the cheapest in the city. Teat it for yourselves.—[Advt.] A fraction of a, grain of muak will scent a room for yeans, and the ourions thing about it is that at the end of that time its weight is not diminished by the emailcst fraction. Give a diamond ring this Xmas, and get it at Williamsons’, the ring specialist*!. They give the best value.—[Advt.] For the first time in this generation the word “Angora” does not suggest a goat. —‘ New York Herald.’ Obanism (464); Each year beans ewmething from us es it files; we only Mow it farther with our sighs (Dander).—[Advt.] ■ ■‘Ford to run for Senator," says a headline. That’s more than they sometimes will do for the rest of ua.—‘ Seattle Times. ’ When the brisk glass goes round and pur spirits abound, what with the bottle can vie? Every care is at rest and our wishes possessed, for Dewar’s our wants will supply.— [Advt.] David Lloyd George still has David Lloyd George on his side, and frequently in the past this alignment has constituted a majority.—‘ Chicago Daily News.’ Start the year right by being tailored by G. S. Roberts, ladies' and tailor, Stock- Exchange Buildings; the tailor for satisfaction .—{A dvt.’j