IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 18259, 26 April 1923, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. —April 25. 1599.—Oliver Cromwell born. 1875.—Signor Marconi born. 1900.—Wopener relieved after gallant defence. 1915.—Landing of tho Anzacs ai Gaba Tape. —April 26 1711.—David Hume, philosopher and historian born. _ 17C9.—First Royal Academy Exhibition. 1812.—Birth of Krupp. 18:15.—Martial law proclaimed in New Zealand. 1852.—Christ’s College Grammar School opened at Christchurch. 1854.—General fast in England to implore Divine blessing on British arms in war with Russia. 1857.—Sir J. G. Ward horn. 1882.—Death of James Rice, joint author with Walter Besant of several novels. 1882.—Dante Gabriel Rossetti died. Duke of York’s wedding day. Poppy Day street collection at Christchurch realised £853 for tho Unemployed Returned Soldiers’ Fund. Tho AVcstern Pacific High Commissioner’s yacht Rauadi encountered a cyclone on tho voyage from Auckland to Suva. She was hove-to for three days, and the delay caused considerable anxiety in Suva. Ever sleep in these dark mornings? AVilliamsons’ Alarm Clock will bo a help. They sell the sood kind. —[Advt.] One of the five miners who were entombed in the Pensnctt (England) mine was rescued. Tho dead bodies of the other four Itavo been recovered. A Sydney cable states that the late Sir Thomas Dibbs’s estate is valued at £133,500. AA’bat reductions are you getting? Reductions in wafipapers and painting requisites. AVren’s.—[Advt.] Tho alteration to the New PlymouthAVollingtou mail train service will commence about May 6. About fifty minutes will be cut from the present running time. Credit is the ground under our feet. Let credit collapse, and tho whole machinery of life would come to a stop.—“ The Gentleman with a Duster.” Obanism (567); You will like tho fresh, distinctive flavor and the dean, wholesome taste of Oban aged-in-the-wood bulk whisky.-—[Advt.] The first act of tho new Government in the sphere of foreign policy _ should be tlio recognition of the Soviet Re-public-Sir Edward-' Mackay Edgar, Bart.