IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19290, 1 July 1926, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1801. First .steamer on the, Thames* ISi7.—Sovereigns issued to replace guineas. , . . ‘ , 1815. —Victoria proclaimed a separate colony. , _ . 1857.—Residency ot Lucknow besieged by rebels. . . 1862.-—First telegraph office m New Zealand opened. , I,B67.—Canada federated. 1575. Strathmore wrecked on Groxets. . , , 1909.—Sir AV. Wyllio assassinated. ]9l6.—Somme Battle begun. Recent soundings place the greatest depth of the Mediterranean at 14,436 ft., It is claimed that rut dowers kept in rain water last, longer than if in tap water. ‘ , At night wo bake a bottle, prattle, laugh' and sing, and drink the health in Dewajr* Imperial of our gracious King Inmates of the British Poor Law Institutes cost £65 each annually 'to maintain. B-Miroeu 7,00(1 and 8,000 deaths by drowning are recorded every year in the United States, “No-rubbing Laundry Help a positive definite boon to toiling housewives. That's what it is . ■ _ , . ' The amount deposited in the British Post Office Savings Bank is approximately £208.000,009. - ”