IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 20688, 10 January 1931, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

anniversaries. —January 10. — 1615— Archbishop Laud beheaded. 18-10.—English penny postage inaugurated. .... 1863.—First underground railway, m England. . ' . 1863.—Last convict ship arrived in Australia. 1900—First through tram from Cairo arrived at Khartoum. 1920.—Official termination of war with Germany. 1928.—Lieutenant’ J. 11. Moncneft and Captain G. Hood left Sydney for New Zealand in monoplane Aotearoa. —January 11.— ISl6.—Pirapekapeka pa captured. 1865.—The London foundered in the Bay of Biscay on her voyage to Melbourne; 200 lives lost. 1871. —Germans occupied Le Mons; 1,800 French prisoners. 1879.—Zulu War; Lord Chelmsford# army crossed Zulu border.

New Zealand railway revenue for the four weeks ended December 6 was £494,597: expenditure £473,323._ Yesterday’s stock sale at Gisborne was the worst in tbe history of_ the yards. One line of 100 poor-conditioned sheep sold at Is 6d; fair-conditioned ewes at '2s Id to 3s; and lambs at 3s 5d to 4s. There seems no escape from the conclusion that every' avenue of thought leads to mystery at the end. —Mr William Schooling. • ■ Our electorate has been expanded till it has far exceeded the bounds of the politically interested classes. —Mr Churchill. ~ . • At Cardou, ou the Moselle, lightning struck an apple tree under which were sheltering a farmer, his son, and_ the son’s fiancee. All three were killed. . , University professors are not highly 'paid men,' Even though they may have .ift- world-wide reputation, they seldom ' reclave as much as £ljsoo a year. ’’Ttfo phme'VKentitn fire originated from tho prolonged cheering at Proi' taut meetings 'in'Kent, held in 1828, in jirolest against tho Catholic Rebel ' 13111. <; : r ■ - .I’ 1 ' :■