IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 55 b.cj.—lnvasion of Britain by Julius! Caesar. 1855.—Sir James Carroll born. 1857.—Ship Dunbar wrecked, Sydney Heads. 1860.—Burke and Wills left Mclbourne on their exploring expedition. 1875,—Commodore Goodenough died on board H.M.S. Pearl at Santa Crua from wound caused by poisoned arrow. 1875.—Sir (Sir) R. Stout elected member for Caversbam, defeating Mr W. J. M. Larnach by twelve votes. 1882.—Suez Canal occupied by Naval Brigade (during Egyptian War). 1895.—Trustees of cemeteries authorised to provide for cremation. 1914. Germans occupied Brussels. 1915. Italy declared war against Turkey.
A message from Sydney states that Mr Spencer Nolan, a well-known Sydney wireless amateur, established communication with tho Macmillan expedition at Etah, Greenland. Tho stationery and printing hills for a recent year for tho House of Commons amounted to £82,564. Sales of Brunswick Phonographs and He- • cords are increasing- enormously, Brunswick has created a now standard in sound reproduction A single female salmon of 301 b weight deposits nearly 30,000 eggs, of which about 4 per cent, hatch. Metal railway sleepers have to ha used in many parts of India. Wooden sleepers_would be eaten by insects. Convicts hr the famous American prison, Sing Sing, arc to be permitted to install their own wireless receiver*.
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Evening Star, Issue 19024, 20 August 1925, Page 1
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203IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 19024, 20 August 1925, Page 1
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