IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 18812, 10 December 1924, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1769.—R0yal Academy founded. ICs9.—Queensland separated from New ■ South Wales. 1873.—Marshal Bazaiuc sentenced to deatli for surrendering Metz; sentence subsequently commuted to twenty years’ seclusion on Isle St. .Marguerite. ■ 1899.—General Gatacro, misled by guides, suffered reverse, at Stormberg. -j 1915.—Turkish attack at Krithia r&-l pulsed by New Zealanders. '( 1918.—Now Zealand war loan of £IO,COO,COO authorised. A London cable slates that the Greek loan was subscribed twenty limes over. Nearly 3,000 lives have been saved by the life boats at Ramsgate, Deal, Margate, Southend-on-Sea. and Folkestone. Tlio Birmingham Public Libraries lent nearly thrm million books last year, th» highest number in their history. This opportunity means money to ySB. Wren's genuine reduction sale, 14 days only. Buy now, save money * Westminster enjoys the lowest rate in London this year" 9s 9d_ in the £; and Poplar the highest, 23s in the £. The ultimate and summary right of every individual is unquestionably tho rtebt to self-development. — Dr L. P. J ack s An old gentleman said recently! “Mon, it’s like wrappin’ a bit flannel roon’ ycr Iteaiart.” This was after he bad taken some Dewar's Imperial Svilnev Pity Council, on purely a party vote, elected Alderman Patrick Stokea (Labor) Lord Mayor by 15 votes to 11. The steamer Nowshora. belonging to the Britiah-India Company, collided with tho steamer Latchmere m the Irish Sea. Neither vessel was seriously damaged.