IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 21717, 11 May 1934, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

anniversaries. 1778.—William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, died. • . 1812—Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister, assassinated in lobby of House of Commons. 1836.—First Temperance Society formed in New Zealand. 1868. —Bill passed in Home Parliament that executions should not be public. 1871. —Death,of Sir John Herschell, astronomer. 1871. —Final Treaty of Peace between France and Gernlany signed. 1900. —General Buffer reoccupied Glencoe, and Dundee evacuated by British in October, 1899. 1921. —Germany submits to Allies’ terms. Auckland City Council has refused permission for Communists and unemployed organisations to hold evening street meetings. Experience of Scoullar and Chisholm Furniture is that it is the cheapest in the city. Test it for yourselves... For the four-weekly period ended March 31 the New Zealand Railway revenue was £620,085 and the expenditure. £500,729. . Graudism (2,257): Out of Dunedin’s leading Hotel came the wonderful drink Granvin (Grand Wine), sold in three sizes of bottle, Ss, 3s, and 2s 6d.... Four of Britain’s children are rescued by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children every five minutes of every working day of the week. Anyone whistling for a taxicab in Piccadilly, London, is liable to have his name and address taken, while to drop a scrap of orange peel renders one liable to a fine of £3.