IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19711, 11 November 1927, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. ]S7S. —Ellison’s loud-speaking telephone invented. . ' 1882.—-Closure first introduced into House; ol' Commons. 1882.—A usi nil foundered ,Sydney Harbor. ]SB7. —Manchester skip canal begun. JS)O9.—K. Essex Evans, Queensland poet, died. ]ols.—Bulgarians invaded Serbia. 1917.—His Majesty’s Theatre and Canterbury Hall destroyed by fire. J!)18. —Armistice signed between Allies and Germany. We stand on the threshold of the most irreligious, perhaps anti-religious, epoch of all time.—Count Koyscriing. Individuals sometimes rise above selfishness; classes never—herd morality is centuries behind individual morality.—Dean Inge. Graudism (295): Southard's genuine Oporto Wines, direct, from their lodges in the ])cmro Valley, Portugal. “The standard of quality.' 1 dig stocks.—Grand Hotel... A genuine banknote, lightly folded, will bear the weight of upward of 501 b, so strong is tho paper qn which it is printed. Slogan: Seven weeks to Xmas. Get your spring cleaning done before the holidays. Ring 10,493 for carpet and chimney, good attention and efficiency.—Dunedin Window Cleaning Co., 30 King street, late St. Andrew street; agents for the Bag Wash... The third midsummer ball in aid of the British Empire Cancer Campaign resulted in a cheque for 1,000 guineas. Experience; ot Scouliai ana Chisholm’* Furniture is that it a the cheapest in the city Jest it f or vonrselves Outside tho British Isles there ’are fewer than 18,000,000 white people in the 10,000,000 square miles of the British Empire, In an ideal State parenthood would lie regarded a.s a privilege permitted only to those well qualified in every : way by personal qualities and family j history.—-Professor .W. M ‘Bengali. A