IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 18668, 24 June 1924, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

iNXn'ERSAEIKS. 1314.—I’aiTTc o( Bannockburn, 1479. —Jolm and Sebastian. Cabot discovered Canada. 1643.—J0hn Hampden died 1803.—Alexander Dumas, Frcnd) -writer, born. 1850.—Birth of Lord Kitchener. 1894.—President Sadi Carnot assassinated at Lyons. 1903.—Death of Grover Cleveland, oxBicsident of Lniicd States. Up to the middle of this month over 3,000.000 people had visited the Empire Exhibition. Four post cards posted k) Germany twenty-two years ago to an address in London have just Men delivered. The value is so obvious that no wonder “ each one sells another/’ Moore and Moore Pianos at. Howell’s A cross about 750 years old has been discovered in the excavations at St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury. Over 71,000 people visited the birthplace of Shakespeare last year, and 37,000 visited Anne Hathaway’s cottage. About 18,000,000 tons of coal are consumed in Hmdon annually, 5,000,000 tons being used for domestic purposes. To' be sure of flawless genw and expert mounting, buy the ring at Wiibnm on s, 51 Princes street (next The Bristol Piano Co.) Jxmdon 1 Daily Express ’ says that Mr Stapleton Boyce, a Socialist member of the House of Commons, is likely to be the next Governor of Tasmania. He is an agricultural expert. In the sheep grazing districts of Franca an airman shepherd, flying at a heigh* of 800 ft, easily sees a herd and locale* lost sheep. Ho draws the attention o! a ground shepherd by smoke, balls.