IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1760.—Captain Cook first sighted New Zealand. 1803.—-First convicts arrived at Port Phillip. ISMo.—Commencement of the “ Black Lino ” in Tasmania to drive aborigines on to Tasman Peninsula. 1819. —Edgar Allan Poc died. 1891.—0. W. Holmes died. 101 -i.- Antwerp evacuated. 1916.—British capture Le Sars. 1916.—Raid off American coast by submarine U 53.
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Evening Star, Issue 19374, 7 October 1926, Page 1
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156IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 19374, 7 October 1926, Page 1
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