IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19782, 4 February 1928, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. —February 4. 1615.—Porta, inventor of camera obscura, 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 Koodcsberg. 1904.—H.M.5. New Zealand launched at Portsmouth. 1912. —China became a Republic. 1917.—H0n. R. M'Nab died. —February 5. 1475.—First book in Hebrew published. 18-10.—Waitangi Treaty signed. 1867. opened. 1881.—Thomas Carlyle died." 1907.—Tohu, Maori prophet, died. A National Savings Association has been formed in the Royal households, and both King Gcorge'and Queen Mary are members. Slogan 29: It’s mighty tiring to spring clean after a holiday. Let us clean your chimneys and carpets; it will help you. Handy men for general work. Dunedin Window Cleaning Co., 30 King street. Get the bag wash for your accumulated laum-.y. ’Phone 10493 So light is the pith of the sunflorver that it is now being used for making lifebelts. It is four times as buoyant as cork. The George Inn at Norton St. Philip, Somerset,-is said to be the oldest village inn in England. Its license dates from 1397. Green grow the rashes, 01 Green grow the rashes, O! The, sweetest hours that e'er 1 spent Were when drinking Dewar’s Imperial 0!... In the year 1512 the English Navy consisted of the Great Harry, of 1,000 to*ns, two 800-tonners, and about half j a dozen small craft. <