IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 21716, 10 May 1934, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1854.—The Crystal Palace opened by Queen Victoria. 1857.—Indian Mutiny. 1865.—Sir Samuel Raker discovered second source of Nile at Laife Albert Nyanza. 1869.—Completion of railway system joining Atlantic and Pacific shores , of America. 1871.—Alsace-Lorraine ceded ' by France to Germany. ; 1904.—Sir Henry M. Stanley, ex. plorer, died. 1925.—H0n. W. F. Massey died. Direction signs and place-names fop the guidance of aeroplanes, painted ia white letters 20ft high, are .visible at a height of 5,000 ft on a clear day. Britain pays its M.P.s £201,960 m salaries and £34,000 a year for the expenses of travelling between their con. stituencies and the House of Commons, To keep. the number of British dentists up to the necessary level of 14.000, fresh students to the number of 700 a year are required. Britain has more wireless listeners than any other European country; an official estimate of the number put it at more than 30,000,000. Grandism (2,256): Don’t buy in the dark; with Grand House Wines and Spirits you have our printed money-back guarantee on every bottle.... The number of barn owls in England and Wales is now estimated to be 25.000. These birds, which prey on rats and mice, are real friends s to farmers.