IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19776, 28 January 1928, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. —January 2fi1547.—Henry VIII. died. ].59(5 —Sir Francis Drake dies. 1725.—Peter the Great of Russia died. 1871.—Paris capitulated to the German army. " 1881.—Sir George Colley repulsed by Boers at Laing’s Neck —January 29. 1820.—George HI. died. 1840.—Captain _ Hobson andved Bay of Islands as Lieutenant-Governor of Now Zealand'. 1853.—N ap ol eon 111. married Eugenie I)e Montego. 185(5.—Victoria Cross instituted. 1906.—Death of King Christian IX. of Denmark, father of Queen Alexandra. Christ was quite original in affixing moral censure to worry and anxiety. -—Dean Inge. At a special meeting of the Taieri County Council, held after the ordinary meeting, the weekly half-holiday was fixed for Saturday. Slogan 29: it's mighty tiring to spring clean" after a, holiday. let ns clean your chimneys and carpets; it, will help you. Handy men for general work. Dunedin Window Cleaning Co., 30 King street. Get (lie hag wash for your accumulated laundry. ’Phone 10-493 Old Joe Rogers, a London cabman, who died at the age of ninety-nine years, for nearly sixty years plied for hire in the city. He was chartered several times hy King Edward, who, he said, was “ one of the best eabridei's. and he paid well.” An r.-' l » from home, splendor dazzles in vain. Oh! i;pc me my lowly thatched collage a vain. The > : "db singing gaily that came at my call.; Give me them with the peace of mind, dearer than all,- . And a bottle of Dewar’s Imperial.... An interesting experiment ■ was tried successfully, at a meeting .held- in connection with the Leeds South Ward byelection when the three rival candidates appeared on the same platform and spoke in turn under the samt time limit.