IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19848, 23 April 1928, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. KilG.—-Shakespeare died (born 1564). 18-19. —Regal ta at Port Chalmers, or native mime Koputai. 1850.—Wordsworth died. 1872.—Eruption of Mount Vesuvius; sixty lives lost. A Tokio Anstialian Press Association message states that the first class cruiser As’mgara was launched at Kawasaki in the presence of Prince Fushimi. Of twelve bankruptcies that were notified in the latest issue of the ‘Gazette,’ eight were in the North Island. The chief characteristic of the Scot is his will to succeed in everything he touches.—Sir Alexander Macdonald of the Isles. Wc go to the doctor, not for common sense at the beginning, hut for magic at the end—Mr Robert Lynd : The Death’s Head moth, common in England till about thirty years ago, but now very rare, emits squeaks almost as loud as those of a mouse. When a man has a barony conferred on him the fees leave little change out of £350, while the necessary robes and other accessories cost another £250, A python 25ft long, a giraffe 20ft tall, ati elephant weighing four tons, and an insect measuring 12in, are among the “records” of the London Zoo.