IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19796, 21 February 1928, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 14.-J7, James 1. of Scotland murdered. 1801.--Cardinal Newman born. ISo9.—Saragossa surrendered to French. . JV'auo ratified with Maori chiefs at Wanganui. ]BlS.—Death of Qninecy < Adams, sixth President of the United States. IS74.—Disraeli became Premier for the second time. 190!).—Lord Roberts offered and Cron jo refused sate conduct of women and children at Paardeberg. I9oo._General Puller crossed the Tilgela River mid drove in Boer rearguard. ■ 19J3. Fall of Jericho. 1 am, it is true, a master of comic irony, but even I could not endure to see the Statue of Liberty.—Mr Bernard Shaw. This exhibition of legs cannot last.— M. Poirct. Slogan 50: 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 10493. Dunedin Window Celaning Co., 30 King street.; Robert Knowles, manager... Fifty new chapels were opened by the Wesleyan Church in Britain in 1926. The American people each consume, on an average, half a ton of ice every year. With the co-operation of the principal officers of the local authorities in England and Wales, the borough treasurer at Preston, Lancashire, has made a comparative analysis of the present incidence of local taxation throughout the country. Wherever the rates are highest, it is noticeable, a Socialist majority is in control. Take back Ihc gem-: you gave m«, 1 prized them but for thee; ThouTt changed, and they no longer Possess one charm lor me, So I'll take a Dewar's Imperial... Decrees were granted in 466 divorce cases in the Edinburgh Court of Session during 1927. Seventeen bankruptcies were notified in the latest issue of the ‘Gazette.’ Twelve of the number were in the North Island

The bane of the churches is ju«t that they are so churchy.—Dean I m-