IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 18807, 4 December 1924, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1795. —Thomas Carlylo born. . ]g4s, Nelson column in Trafalgar Square completed. . 1859.—Queensland proclaimed a pro'llß76.—Wreck of steamer Otago at Chasland's Mistake, ]B9l._Sir F. Whittaker died. 1905 _A. J. Balfour resigned Premiership of Great Britain, 1905.—Tsar signed manifesto giving Constitution to Finland. After three hours’ retirement, the jury in the Salnman case at Auckland awarded plaintiff £6OO. Tim plaintiff (Miss Agnes Stewart) claimed £2.250 from defendant, an Indian herbalist, for neglect in his treatment of her ease-. A heron visited Wanganui on Saturday, and was seen by a number of people, who stopped to gaze at the beautiful stranger, with its long .lender neck and glorious white plumage. The Nobd Prize CoimniHw lias cided nob to award a peace prize this yea r, ns no suit aide candidate lias been forthcoming.—A. ond N.Z. Cable. A Sydney cable siaics that only 51 per cent, of those on the roll voted in tho ci'-dc. elections, and Labor won on a minority vote, of 184 P er cent., . against the Ilcforr.iers’ 32J per cent. \ Reuter message from Moscow states that General Srunze, from tha Ukraine has superseded M. Trotsky in the Presidency of the Army and Navy Conference, indicating that M. Trotsky has resigned his position as Commissar for Wm.