IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19791, 15 February 1928, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1744.—J0hn Hadley, inventor of tha sextant, died. 1804.—Van Diemen’s Land constituted British colony. 1876.—Sir Julius Vogel became Premier of New Zealand. 1832.—First shipment of frozen meat from New Zealand. 1898.—United States warship Maine blown up in Havana (Cuba) Harbor. 1900.—Kimberley relieved by General French. 19IG.—Civilians evacuated Verdun. Scotsmen average sft SJin in height, irishmen sft Bin, Englishmen 6ft 7iin, and Welshmen sft 6im. To coal a liner the size of the Olympic occupies 600 men fire days. It can be refuelled with oil by twelve men in twelve hours. Slogan 30: There is a season for all things,. yet it is always seasonable to have cleaning done. For the best Chimney, Carpet, and Vacuum Cleaning, ring 10-493. Dunodin Window Celaning Co., 30 King street; Robert Knowles, manager... Dartmoor Prison was recently described by Sir William Joynson-Hicks, the Homo Secretary, as “ the cesspool, of English humanity.” An enterprising builder is putting up 2,000 houses in Buckinghamshire, all of which are being fitted with wireless. The Paris police have forbidden tin use of the word Boche in cinema*; the word German is always to be um4i