IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 18253, 18 April 1923, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1689.—Judge Jeffreys died. 1840. —New Zealand 1 Gazette ’ first paper published in New Zealand. 1855.—Appointment of first Ministry in New Zealand under responsible government, 1874.—Funeral of Dr Livingstone tin Westminster Abbey. 1906.—Great earthquake at San Francisco. 1922.—Paddon heat Hadfield on the Wanganui River for the world’s sculling championship. The Rotorua state nursery has grown seventy-seven million trees from 1898 to 1922. The annual capacity is 5,000,000 trees.

Stamp collectors in Auckland have formed a club, and there are at present thirty members. A meeting will be held once a month, when collections of stamps will bo exhibited and discussed. Obanism (561): Tho rank is hut the guinea’s stamp; the man’s (ho gowd for a’ that (Burns). The Oban, though a small house, has a big reputation,—[,Advt.] The general opinion of business people and others was that there were comparatively few visitors in Wellington for the races, and that the city was exceptionally quiet for race time. Generally, the reason given is that money is not as plentiful as it used to be. Try the French prescription for delicate Essen.— 1 Wall Street Journal.’ Bolshevism is the theory that tramps are trumps.— 1 Washington Post.’

There’s nothing like a kindly word for bucking up a chum; tho beaming eye, tho friendly grip can help a follow some over a Dewar’s Imperial.—[Advt.]

Like the United States, France pins its faith to Ruhral credits.— 1 Norfolk Virginian Pilot.’

The thinnest camera in the world has just been invented by an American; it measures only half an inch in thickness and weighsJSoz. Motor traffic is so heavy in London that roadways are now built up on concrete foundations 12in thick, instead of 6in, as a few years ago. 11 Big Ben,” London’s famous clock, has a rival in San Francisco; the_ latter’s minute hand is lift long, but 11 Big Ben ” beats this by 3ft. A quantity of 100-mark G-erman notes were distributed, after the fashion of a shower of confetti, at a Middlesborongh carnival of bank employees. Shredded Suet! ! ! Think of the convenience! Suet already chopped and free from skin, ready at your hand to pour from tho packet in a stream of milky-white granules. Your grocer will give you a free sample of Shrcddo Refined Shredded Beef Suet.— [Advt.] Currenium, a new gas recently made by an electric process in Los Angeles for use in airships, is non-inflammable, and nonexplosive, chean, and easy to nvoduce. . A cow, a sheep, and a pig are being added to the 11 Zoo ” of St. Lonis ; United States of America, ns so many children in that city have never seen these animals.

If the*hours of work clone by millionaires were shown to a trade union official he would have a fit.—Captain Hudson, M.P. I am not prepared to say that the eonsumption of champagne is an indictable offence. —Mr J. F. Hope, M.P. I am not going to sit here and listen to all this rubbish of the Germans having a double dose of original sin, any more than you or I or anybody else.—Mr Lansbury.