IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. April 10. 1829.—General Booth born. 1848.—Chartist uprising. 1809.—Swinburne died. AprTl 11. 1861. —American Civil War began. 1878.—Bishop Sehvyn died. 1824.—'Charles Read died. At a service in Fleet Church, London, the preacher was named Welsh, the choirmaster English, and tho organist Scott. In cold temperature rats are found to develop a sort of “overcoat” or additional outer covering, which grows very quickly. An eye capable of view big 1Q,060 square miles an hour would require 55 years to see all the surface of the sun. Cleopatra’s Needle, the famous obelisk on the Thames Embankment, London, is one solid piece of stone, 70ft high and IBS tons in weight. Mr Massey states that Government authorised £152,000 by way of State advances to settlers and workers during last quarter. Applications totalling £206,000 from 57 local bodies for advances under the Housing Act are being dealt with. A sharp frost this morning. The ground was white on higher levels.
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Evening Star, Issue 17323, 10 April 1920, Page 1
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159IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 17323, 10 April 1920, Page 1
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