IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19723, 25 November 1927, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1783.—New York evacuated by British. 1812.—-The retreat froiu Russia. Battle of Beresina fought, resulting in the French losing 20,1100 men. 1863. —First horticultural show in Christchurch. 1865.—Death of King Alfonso XII. of Spain. 1899. —Lord Methuen defeated the Boers at Gras pan. 1903.—Preferential and Reciprocal Act passed. 1912. —Air Massey turned on the Lake Coleridge electric current. Gambling is the gratuitous introduction of chance into life, whereas we ought to live more and more by law.— Dr E. Lyttelton. Gnindism (303): You're on a sure winner if you purchase .your Wines and Spirits at the Grand Hotel To pray needs just as much learning as docs playing the piano or painting a picture.—The Bishop of Winchester. Oak trees take so long in attaining profitable size that it is not considered a business proposition to grow them. Slogan 25: Start the new year with a clean office. . Warehouses, 'factories, offices cleaned with our large vacuum machine during holidays. Book orders now ’Phone 10-495),' Dunedin Window Cleaning ■ Go., 30 King street- Householders, remember the' bag wash.—Robert Knowles, manager A man suing his employer at Eastbourne for wages in lieu of notice admitted that lie had had 288 situations since 1913. ' Gxpeneuco ol Scoultar and .Chisholm’s Furniture is that it » Ibe cheapest in the city Test u >'or yourselves The largest halibut ever landed at any West Coast, fishing port was brought to Fleetwood recently. It weighed '3291b.