IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19521, 31 March 1927, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. # 1713.—Peace of Utrecht. 1814.—Allies enter Paris after aow»» fall of Napoleon. BBS.—Foch assumes supreme come raand on western front. _ 1921.—Miners’ strike in Britain.

With' a population ’of 20,000, Abbey Wood, a district in the south-east of London, has only one policeman, and no police station. Lord Dewar, of Imperial Whisky fame, says that “ man can only appraise his real value when sued for breach of promise.” In. the island of Hao, a French possession in raid-Pacific, rats serve as mediums of exchange, and with 'a sufficient number a man can buy a wife. With the exception of fishing vessels, yachts, and barges, all British vessels are required to have-their names on each bow' in letters 4in high. . Measuring 703 ft long, the largest motor liner was recently launched. Flying the Italian flag, its tonnage i* 33,000, with a speed of -22 knots. Grandism (103); Southard's Wines from Spain and Portugal, “.the standard o£ qualitv." Large stocks.—Grand Hotel Bottle Store.".. I really do not know, as between the “Reds”' and the “See-Reds,” which of the two is the more mischievous.Mr Lloyd George. Jellicoe was the only man on either side who could lose the war in an after, noon.—Mr Winston Churchill.