IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19616, 23 July 1927, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. —Ju ly 23. 1704.—Gibraltar taken. 1803.— Rebellion in Ireland led I>T Robert Emmet. 1846.—Capture of Te Rauparaha at Porirua, near Wellington. 1852 -4-First direct steamship from England arnv.w. at Wellington. 1858;- -Last civic disability of Jews • removed by alteration of parliamentary oath for Jcwsh members. 1885. —Death of General Grant, oxPresident of tiie United States. 1585. —Princess Beatrice married Prince Henry of Battcnburg 1887.—Jubilee naval review at Spitbead. —Jnlv 24. 1883.—Captain Webb drowned in attempt to swim Niagara Rapids. 1908.—Sultan restored Constitution to Turkev. There are 30,000 boys and 30,(300 gilds who have recently left school on the Labor exchanges of England unablw to find work. The most severe frost recorded lO England was in 1863-64. when oalftS were split by the cold and the ice ou the Thames was 31in thick. The brioht star o’ evenin' pecd’d forth frae the sky, the winds were a’ hush'd, not a mortal \\as nigh when Jenny walk’d forth, 'mil the primroses pale and brocht me a Dewar’s Imperial Milk, butter, sugar, beer, potatoes, and beans nr; the principal articles of food to hn banned bs those who would reduce their weight. Grandism (199): If you require the best in Wines and Spirits you are sure to get it at the Grand Hotel, Dunedin... The University of London, with its 12.000 students, has 25 p p r cent, more students in it than Oxford and Cambridge taken together.