IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 20428, 8 March 1930, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. March 8. 171)2. —William 111. of England died* 1827.—-Syd.ey . G.P.O. established. 1837;—Name of Melbourne given td town at mouth o.f Yarra. 1867.—Earthquake at Mitylehe; one thousand lives lost. ’ ' _ 1887. —Henry Ward-Beecher died. 1904. Anglo - French . agreement’ signed. ■ • March 9. ■ 1839.—Peace concluded between! France and Mexico. - .1869.—Ship Bluejacket wrecked ea route from Lyttelton to London, ! 1888, —German Emperor ,Wilhelm I.: died. ... , 1902.—British New Guinea placed under Commonwealth. , _ , 1905. —Russia paid £65,000 indemnity for North Sea incident. The young folk of to-day are suffering from a "fund of unsatisfied'seriousness.—Mr C. E. M. Joad. We are spending more money on education than any other people, hub I question whether we r.ro producing a relatively more efficient nation,—Lord Herbert Scott. Every man has a few mental hairshirts, and Presidents differ only by. their larger wardrobe.—Mr Hoover., It is a hqrriblo fact that there is n« great nation in the world that ha* attained its freedom, except by war.— Miss Susan.'Lawrence. There are .many jobs which are dull a? long ns th—- are done slackly, but interesting' if .they are' done Dean Inge. . - , . Social : pro!" ns can .no more be solved by class warfare than international problems eftn. be, solved by wars- between ions.-i-Dr-• Nanse»^.