IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 21636, 3 February 1934, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. —February 3. 1830.—Lord Salisbury born. 1871.—First, provision trains arrived in Paris after siege for relief of starving inhabitants. 1881.—Wholesale suspension of Irish members in House of Commons during discussion on arrest of Michael Davitt. 1896.—Funeral of Lord Leighton, P.R.A., in St. Paul’s Cathedral. 1915, —New Zealanders engaged in Egypt. '1931. 1 — Disastrous earthquake in Hawke’s Bay. Total deaths ,260; injured and admitted to hospitals 537. —February 4. 1615.—Porta, inventor of camera ofo. scura, died at Naples. _ 1875.—Colony of Fiji instituted. 1895.—China fleet destroyed at Wei-Hai-Wei. 1900.—Highland brigade under General Hector M'Donald, occupied Koodesberg. 1904.—H.M.5. New Zealand launched at Portsmouth. 1912.—China became a republic. 1917.—H0n. jR. M‘Nab died. After being idle in Auckland harbour for nearly two years, the Union Company’s island steamer Tofua has been sold to Japanese buyers. The vessel is to go to Japan to be dismantled for scrap metal. Grandism (2,177): Trust your palate above all else when it conies to buying Wine or Spirits—The Grand has the largest and finest stocks in N.Z.... Cows were formerly regarded in England as “ beasts of the plough,” and so were exempt from distraint for tithes. . Passengers are carried in America by aeroplane at an average rate of 3d a mile. Five years ago the fare was sid a mile. Among British railways the LondonMidland and Scottish’ is the biggest employer of labour, with a staff of 224,839.