IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19764, 14 January 1928, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. —.January 14.—■ 1712.—Edmund Halley. astronomap* died. 17SS.—First convicts arrived &t Botany Bay. 1858. —Orsini and others attempted to assassinate the Emperor and Empress of France. 1882. —The City of Cashmere wrecked on Ninety-mile Beach 1892.—Death of the Duke of Clarence, eldest son of Edward VII. 1907.—Great earthquake in Jamaica;' heavy loss of life —January 15. 1759.—British Museum opened. 1778.—Sandwich Islands discovered by Captain Cook. 1859. —National Portrait Gallcjy opened. 1862.—Bank of New Zealand opened in .Wellington. 1873.—Funeral of Emperor Napoleon HI. at Chislehnrst 1900.—Boer attack on Rcnsburg repulsed

A Washington cable states that Uw Democratic National Presidential Convention will be held at Houston, Texas* on June 2thThe House of Commons is the moat tolerant institution in the world.—it? Kirkwood Nothing would induce me to see ®f ■' educational film, but I do want to •#( an interesting film.—Mr Bernard • Shaw . Darling, I am growing old, Silver threads among the gold Shine upon my brow to-day, 1 Life is fading fast away; . , ■ So let’s have a Dewar’s Imperial..,. A seashell held to the ear makes a noise like the waves because the shell acts ns a sounding board and magnifies the pulsing of the blood in the arteries of the head. ■ Owing to the increased use of motors in agricultural work in Britain farm hands who cannot get employment on the land are seeking jobs as motor mechanics with some success. Slogan 28: More production and prosperity will , follow. ; After’your holidays, how about- your chimneys, carpets being cleaned?—king 10-493, Dunedin Window Cleaning G0., -30 King street (late St. Andrew street), and remember the useful bag wash. Kobert Knowles, manager There are two Christmas Islands; mu in the Indian Ocean, with 2,040 inhabi •' tants, and the other in the Paclic, with only 100 inhabitants. They are boti British possessions. . •;