IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. —December 19. IB42.—Attack by Maoris on TasmaaSi boat in Massacre Bay. 1814.—Rev. Samuel Marsden landed at Bay of Islands. 1879.—Manlmod Suffrage Act passed. 1879.—Triennial Parliament Act (Kew Zealand) passed. —December 20. ISBo.—Brookhorst Spruit disaster; 230 officers and men of the 04th Regiment overwhelmed by Boers. 1888.—Defeat of Dervishes at Saakrm by General Grenfell. ! 9u2.—Birth of Prince George. 1915.—Evacuation of Anzao and Snvla Bay completed. 1920.—Death of Professor Gibray. To-day we are less inclined to file view that the human form needs structural alterations to make it bcaadifoL —Mr Clement Jeffery. Railway travelling is the best possible school of human patience.—Father R. A. Knox. Bowler hats have become very popular in Turkey, now that the old national headgear of that country, the fez, is being abandoned. Commercial travellers in some parts of California have adopted the plan of using homing pigeons for rushing orders to their headquarters. “ No-rubbing Laundry Help” is a triumphant success for washing clothes The recent British Army manoeuvres are said to have proved that there is more use for cavalry, instead of less, under modern conditions of warfare.
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Evening Star, Issue 19127, 19 December 1925, Page 1
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185IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 19127, 19 December 1925, Page 1
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