IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19712, 12 November 1927, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. —November 12. 1842,—First Mayor of Sydney, Neff South Wales, elected, 18-17.—Chloroform first used by Sii J. V. Simpson in Edinburgh. 1855. —First members elected to New Zealand Parliament under responsible government. 1856. Railroad from Quebec to Toronto opened. 1309, —Army Service Corps established. „ „ 1921'. Disarmament Comerenc* opened at Washington. —November 13. JGSs.—Jews granted religious liberty, in England. 1781.—Dr Johnson died. 3850.—R. Ij. Stevenson born. 1851.—Dunedin Athomemn opened. 1863.—First issue of the ‘New Zealand Herald,’ Auckland. 1868.—Death of Rossini, operatic composer: aged 76. ' 1916.—Rattle of the Ancre. The Rose Dny collections in Wellington resulted £SOO being collected. The. newspaper, taken as a whole, 1! the most, compelling and brilliant and deservedly successful phenomenon 111 modern literature. —Air Arnold Bennett. People expect far too much from our [British] summer.—Air G. Rossiter. Grand ism (295): Southard's genuine Oporto Wines, direct from their lodges in the Douro Valley, Portugal. "The standard of quality. - ’ Big stocks.—Grand Hotel... , People in Britain who employ a jobbing gardener regularly one or two days a week ate liable to a tax of 15s for keeping a ” manservant.” Though 1 mingle in the throng Of the happy and the guy; Prom the mirth an 3 song I would fain be far away, Where I could get a Dewar's Imperial... The number of British Civil servant on July 1 this year was 500,277. Ti« is 3,390 more than on April 1, but 1,67 c/ less than July 1 of last year. Slogan 24: Still going strong, with Carpet and Chimney Cleaning. We surpassed all records last week. Quality and pries Idle .—’Phono 10493, Dunedin Window Cleaning Co., 30 King, street (Kobw* Knowles, manager), : Britons eat on an average 120 apple! per head of the population every year., In the United States and Canada —* average stands at 200.