IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 20778, 28 April 1931, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. X707.—-Earl of Shaftesbury, philaiw thropist, born. , TT . 1881.—Tararua wrecked at Waipapa Point; 130 lives lost. , ' 1887.—Post Office, Wellington, destroyed by fire. 1893.—Standard Bank of Australia; suspended payment. 1915.—Allies made further advance on Krithia front. Business of special session completed.Earthquake Bill, shorn of insurance tax proposals, passes. Suspects arrested in connection with passing of forged bank notes in the North Island. • The first cadet force in England waa organised forty years ago. The population of Kenton, Middlesex, has grown from 100 to 10,000 in eight years. May not the higher fertility of rural folk be, in some way, a reflection of their deeper satisfaction with life?— Mr Eldon Moore. i- Divorce cases are increasing in Britain in number each year. Last year there were 4,018 divorces granted, au increase of 828 on the previous year. The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew were founded by the mother of-George 111. in 1760. They were created a national institution in 1840. : Marlborough House was built by Sip Christopher Wren in 1709 for the first Duke of Marlborough. It was purchased by the Government in 1817.