IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 18252, 17 April 1923, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES,

1856.— Quebec made seat of Canadian Government. 1891.—Tc Kooti died. 1897 —Turkey declared war on Greece. 1915.— Fourth Reinforcements loft N®W Zealand.

Power was off in the city for seven minutes just after A yesterday afternoon—a short circuit on the transmission line. “I have every reason to believe that the surplus I previous announced (£800,000) will bo exceeded, and from every standpoint our finances are in a very satisfactory state.”—Mr Massey. Early this month American _ desiroyer Fox collided with the British light cruiser Ceres at tho entrance to the Bosphorus. They were caught by the current. Both were slightly damaged. The public responded generously to the South Canterbury Commercial Travellers appeal for funds'for the St. Saviour’s and Presbyterian Orphanages, the result totalling about £460. The steamer Marama will call at Lew Plymouth on May 19 for those taking part in the excursion to Sydney, the return journey being made by the Manuka from Sydney on June 14. A minimum number of sixty passengers are required. Human speech call 6 for the exorcise of forty-four different muscles. Billingsgate was a market lor nsn 1,000 years ago. It is the oldest in London. Britain’s annual taxation per head of the population amounts to more than T„ Glasgow there are 10,000 marriages yearly, and only 1,000- now houses available. , , “ Wireless ” letters can now be sent to New York from London each weekend’for 3d a word. Tho fishing industry at, Aberdeen during the past year resulted in serious losses. Tho hauls were large, but tho running expenses of tho fishing a exceeded the profits. Ever miss a. train? It’s mighty irritating. One of Williamson's Watches will keep jon well on lime.—[Advt.] . One of the hooks of etiquette printed in Franco in the fourteenth century advised the man of fashion to wash his hands very day and to wash his face “ almost as often.’ , A silver replica of the Nelson column, to be called the Britannia Trophy, has been presented by the Navy to the Army for rifle competition at Bisley between Army teams. , To-day we cannot put a square ot glass paid for by tho proceeds of a concert into an elementary school without tho consent, help, or advice of that mystica , nebulous, elusive body, tho Board of Education.—Dr Maud Sellers. , It is always unwise to carry out a promise of marriage unless the parties are trulv attached. —"Mr Justice M'Cardw. , If we want to see tho world m which we all believe, and to hold tho creed which wo all accept, in its most rational form, wo must assume guidance and inspiration from the beginning.—Lord Balf°Obanism (560): Bettor one word in time than two afterwards. A hot toddy of lIA. limn ' will speedily cure au m cwont. cold. Winter's coining. Keep a bottle hanoy. Oban Hotel only, 12s, 8s 6d, 6s, 3s 6d.~ There are, now half a million Girl Guides in the world. Farm land was sold at Wibnslow, Cheshire. recently, for £l4O per acre. There are 400,000 fewer people unem* ployed in Great Britain than at this tuna London General omnibuses carried 847,000,000 passengers and London County Council trams (20,000,000.