IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 18851, 28 January 1925, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1547. -Henry VIII. died. 1596.—Sir Francis Drake died. 1725.--Peter (ho Great of Russia died. ]oil.--Paris capitulated to the German 1 army. —Sir George Colley repulsed by Peers at Laing’s Nek. Seven bankruptcies were notified in the latest, issue of the ' Gazette,' live of them being in tiie Nmth Island. Democracy calls for harder work, for higher education, for further vision than anv form of Government known in this world,—Mr Baldwin. Six snow-white horses required for the Pope’s 'carriage have been found and bought in Hungary. British railways have now a geographical mileage of 20,514, Twenty-live years ago this figure stood at 18,483. A (Chicago message states that Leo Koretz, who confessed to defrauding trusting investors of over £1,000,000 in respect of mythical “ oil ” lands at Panama, has died 'in prison from diabetes, from which he was suffering when arrested six weeks ago. \'uj)s of chocolate or fragrant lea are not compounds made for me, nor that bitter -and dirty stuff ye talk of eo glibly and call it coffee. No, Dewar’s Imperial is good enough for me Sir H. Curtis Benentt, K.C., Conservative M.P. for Chelmsford, when reminded of his unfulfilled promise to kiss every woman in the constituency if he were elected, said lie was most anxious to carry out the contract, and that ho was ready to start immediately. A London cable states that Mr Justice Finlay, when giving judgment in a money-lender’s case, said the transaction was harsh and unconscionable, and allowed the plaintiff the principal, plu> 20 jier cent, interest.