IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. IDE".—Liner Fnlabn torpedoed. attack on Viray de« featcd. A cable message from Adelaide states that the tannery of Messrs Peacock and Co, at, Thebarton, has been destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at £20,000. An intelligent working • man- has n, vocabulary of o,OCK) words, while an educated man should know from 8,000 to 10.000 words. With a population of 20,000, Abbey Wood, a district in the south-east of London, has only one policeman and no police station. Grandism (100): To doubt is to decide. You will have no reason to doubt if you place your orders with the Grand 'Hotel. Good goods for good people with discernment... In the island of Hao, a French possession in mid-Pacific, rats serve as mediums of exchange, and with a sufficient number a man can buy a wife. Motor buses such as run on the London streets now pay an annual tax of £IOB. an increase of £24 on last year’e payment.
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Evening Star, Issue 19518, 28 March 1927, Page 1
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163IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 19518, 28 March 1927, Page 1
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