IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 18288, 30 May 1923, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1451.—.J0an of Arc burnt at Rouen. 1842.—Attempt on life of Queen Victoria. by John Francis. 1854.—Kansas admitted as territory of United States. 1857.—Relics of Franklin expedition found on King William Island. 1870. —Underground railway under the Thames embankment opened: for traffic. 1889.—Johnstown (United States of America) reservoir disaster; 6,000 lives lost.

Premier states that the appointment of Public Service Commissioner will be from June 1.

The gate money at the New Zealand v. Now South Wales Association football match at Sydney on Saturday last amounted to £565. In a wild state the horse lives to ba from thirty-five to forty years .old, while the domestic horse is old at twenty-five years. A Sittingbourne paper mill is to have a machine that will make a roll of paper 215 in wide at a speed of 800 ft a mimjte.

Tho financial statement of the Christchurch City Council shows the amount of rates outstanding to bo £2,132.. The total Hospital Board levy for the City of Christchurch is £20,006 i7s sd ; as against £18,604 10s 4d for the previous year.

Jellicoe Park, Onchunga, was officially opened last week by His Excellency tho Governor-General.

Forget all about -esterday. It is dead, and buried in. tho cemetery of time. Today is alive j are you? If so, have a Dewar's Imperial.—[Advt.] Tho Birkenhead Lad'es’ Soccer Club, formed last season, lias been disbanded, and the funds in hand, amounting to £l7 have been contributed to the Auckland Football Association.

The Christchurch City Council refused permission to a band to givo a concert in a theatre on Sunday night, tho proceeds to bo devoted to the purchase of uniforms.

The president of the Royal Geographical Society announces that it is hoped to launch another Mount Everest expedition in 1924. In view of the experience gained by tho previous expeditions, a successful ascent is anticipated. Obanism (593): The hustler who prays for work is heard, but tho man who prays for a job to bo sent to Lira gets no-'Jesuits. Oban Hold.—[Advt,] “ H. G. Wells is writing a lot of piffle against tho Boy Scout movement lately,” said Mr P. B. Fitzherbert at tho South African veterans’ dinner at New Plymouth. "We in New Zealand arc quite opposed to his view, for we know that it is ono of the finest movements in tho world.”