IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 21620, 16 January 1934, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1599.—Edmund Spenser died. 1794.—Edward Gibbon, historian, died. 1796.—First theatre opened in Sydney. 1809.—Battle of Corunna; Sir John Moore killed. 1872.—New Zealand Shipping Company established 1884. , Tennyson raised to peerage. 1909.—Professor David's party reached South Magnetic Pole. 1920.—First meeting of League of Nations in Paris. Cigarettes are “ best-sellers ” in France, in spite of depression. The Government factories turned out 18,427,000,000 in 1932. This is five times as much as before the war. A one-roomed house, 30ft above ground, has been built on a large tree by a man of Aiken, Colorado. It,is heated and lit by electricity, and is reached by a rope ladder. Grandism (2,160) : When compared point by point with higher priced brandy, Grand Cognac reveals its greater value; 12s, 6s 6d, 5s 6d, 3s, and 25.... Among Post Office employees in Britain 22,800 receive less than 40s a week, another 86,000 receive between 40s and 60s a week, and a further 39,000, between 60s and 80s.