IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19640, 20 August 1927, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

AN.\ivi*:i)SAini:s. August- -0. oo ii,o.—lnvasion of Britain by Julius C»'Mir. 18A7. —Ship Dunbar wrecked, Sjdney Heads. 18(3(1.—Burke :iml A\ ills 1011. Mci* bourne on their exploring expedition. 1870 —Mr (Sir) B. Stout, deeded incuiber lor Caversham, dclealing Mr W. .). M. Larnaeh by Id votes. 1882. —Suez Canal occupied by Naval Brigade (during Hgyplian War). JB9A.—Trustees of ceiuctcrios authorised to provide lor cremation. 191 (.—Germans occupied Brussels. Kilo.— Italy declared war against Turkey. August 21. 1770.--Captain Cook took possession of New South Wales at possession Island. 1808.—Wellington Avon Battle of Vinieria. 18o8.—Queen, first steamer, arrived at Dunedin. 18875.—Torouado in .Minnesota, 'J.S.A.; hundreds of lives lost. 1912.—Cencral Booth died. lOlA.—Hill 7 1 >, Callipnli, taken by Smda. Bay forces and lost again; Annies took Hill (id. "We who are interested in agriculture have go to divest ourselves of (lie idea that, politics can help us at all.— Major Cidfox, M.P. She watched for him ai eve alone: "Ah! wilt, (lion come, my love, my ownP, The day is o'er, Hie stars are bripllt, T wall, for (lie night. .So come inul bring -ome Dewar's 1 iiijieriid."... Sooner or lalcr avc, shall exorclsn some control over the weather.—Sir Oliver Lodge. A bluetit built its ucst in a. sirent letfer-hox at Hardwick, in Berkshire, sifting llirough fJtc daily letter clearances. .rrainllsiii (SSI): (ibu Ro-sic, s j, ( [j;, J r p. serve obi lileinlcil (ilenlivcr Scotch Whi-kv, guaranked lo eonlnin 80 per cenf. Highland Mall.—(iraml Holei... There arc a bout 4,BUD women mi boards of guardians, county and county borough councils and their coinmil fees in Great Britain. Slogan No. 2: (frit in a boy or girl is a, good qualification, but in a carpel. only leadv to destruction. Let ns clean your carrels. We, fake an ami re-lav them splendid.Dunedin Window Cleaning: Co., 50 King street (late St. Andrew street); ’phone 10495 The extermination of rats In London is a colossal task-. One firm of ralcatchcrs accounted for 2(3,717! of the vermin last year.