IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19550, 7 May 1927, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

, . ANNIVERSARIES. —May 7. 1812.—Robert Browning born. 1847.—Lord Rosebery born. 1856.—First New Zealand Ministry. 1866.—Attempt on life of Prince Bismarck. 1883.—Royal College of Music, London, opened. 1915.—Lusitania torpedoed by the Germans, with loss of 1,134 lives. * -May 8.1837.—Melbourne named 18-11.—Consecration of India’s first bishop. 1841.—Treaty of Waitangi signed. 1373.—J0hn Stuart Mill died. The sound - of church bells ha£ been drowned by the hooting of mo’-or cats. —The Rev. W. Conrad Balmier. Why should it be illegal to luy a veto tor 2s 6d but legal to purchase a peerage for £IO,OOO P—Mr Thurtle, MJ». Cockroaches of an American species, each nearly 2iu in length, are reared at tho London Zoo to provide* food far, the lizards and frogs. More than £IOO,OOO was last year by thrift clubs in Glamorganshire, m spite of seven months ot idleness in the mines and factories. Grandism (153): Milder! Better!! Morn palatable!!! Just pure Scotch Whisky that gives you complete Satisfaction-Grand Hotel Draught Whisky... Owing to the prevalence of influenza the Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham suspended the obligation to fait during Lent in his diocese. A Paris message states that the Minister of War announces that there will ho no manoeuvres on a grand scale this year, owing to a lack of funds, but merely minor military exercises lasting from two to three davs. Lord Dewar, of Imperial Whisky fame, says that “tho pessimist is a man who tie always grumbling because ho can’t And enough gloom; but if you delay a tragedy six months it turns into a comedy.” The Admiralty Division has awarded the master and crew of the steamer Devon £10,250, of which Z 7,850 goes to the owners for salvage services in towing the Eastern Moon to Sydney in May of last year. A cable message from Berlin states that' the cruiser Emden reports that while voyaging from Macassar to Nagaskni (Japan) it took a sounding at 34,120 ft—the greatest ever recorded.