IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 18399, 6 October 1923, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. —October 6. 1870.—Otago University opened. 1891. —Death of Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish Nationalist. 1892. —Lord Tennyson, poet laureate, died. —October 7. 1759.—Captain Cook first, sighted Nevf Zealand. 1803. —First convicts arrived at Pos& Phillip. 1830.—Commencement of tho “ Black Lino” in Tasmania to drive aborigines on to Tasman. Peninsula. 1849.—Edgar Allan Poo died. 1894.—0. W. Holmes died. 1914.—Antwerp evacuated. 1916. —British capture Le Sars. 1916.—Raid off American coast by submarine U 53. Tho world is going under, and Great Britain is taking the load to, save it from disaster.—General Smuts. Coma in and lay on the new black earrings at Williamsons’, iho jewellers. They are stylish and popular Sumatra, in tho East Indian Arcin', pelage, has the greatest variety of animal and vegetable life of any place in tin world. The oldest known bell still in use is in the parish church of St. Mary of Loreto, at Vdlalago, in the Abruvzi Mountains, Daly, and is dated 600 A.n. Von Enehnne, who was chained at Potsdam with the murder of a man ’named Laase, was acquitted. Our famous sugar-cured bacon; nothing to equal it in the dominion.—Barton and Trcngrovo, Manse street (and all branches)... There are 800,000 young men in Britain who have never been to work at all, because there lias never been any for them since they left school.—Mr Frank BramIcy. Latest advice itr that German pianos will bo charged 65 per cent. duty. Tho duty on tho famous British "Moora and Mooro ” Piano is only 20 per cent.—Howell Company A Washington message states that the resignations of Messrs Harvey (Ambassador at London) and Child (Ambassador at Rome) have been accepted. They resigned for purely personal reasons. lObanism (704): Always improving tho small house. ,A new private bar, tho best in the City. The dining room has been remodelled, and is perfectly appointed. Seen tho yachts and bulldogs? Oban Hotel... A Melbourne cable slates that it is now believed that jealousy was the cause ol tho South Melbourne tragedy, and that Mrs Hay put an end to her life and that of Mrs Dougherty, but no details will be available until tho inquest. Brisbane to Sydney live days' contest, forty-nine started. Fiat outright winner. First, second, fourth; al.uj won botih hill climbs.—Copy of cable received by Mr J. P. APCulloch. The Maoris are expecting a payment of about £50,000 on the 24th in connection with the sale of the Matahino Block, which has been sold to a syndicate for milling purposes (says tho Wliakatane correspondent of the Auckland ‘Star’). 'With the advent of the dairy season tho call for separator’s has become more keen than ever. Wfacn we think of the number of separators we have already sold wo almost wonder who else will bo wanting them, and yot not a day passes but we receive orders for our marvellous Domo. Truly this machine has made a name for itself Unit is lie envy of every other mako in tho “dominion, both as a clean skimmer and a machine that can bo sold at a cheap price. White for particulars.—Hindi and M'Letuian, Dunedin-..

Not only boots, but socks, sin against Nature, according to Dr Stout. Being unable to make a sock that fits both feet, ths sockmakor makes a sock that fits neither. T)io glove of the foot, Dr Stout told his Health Week audience at Wellington, has many shortcomings. Fancy a glove with only one compartment for fingers and thumb I