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ANNIVERSARIES. 1327.—Copper discovered in Tasmania. 1864.—Freedom 'of City of London presented.to Garibaldi. 1888.—-Rescript by Pope condemning Irish “Plan of Campaign” and boycotting. ' 1 1898.—President M'Kinley sent ultimatum to Spain regarding the situation in Cuba. 1908..—Railway disaster at Sunshine, Victoria; forty-four killed and 140 injured. .... ' The Aga Khan recently bought at Christie’s the “ Golden Dawn ” diamond for £‘4,950. A field 1 ant has been known to hold in its jaws a weight 3,000 times heavier than itself. Grandisra (119): Southard's Golden Jerez from Puerto de Sta Maria, Spain, provides- nourishment and quickens ihe appetite.—Grand Hotel, in bottles 7s 6d, halves 45... ,No raindrop having a diameter greater, than just over one-fifth of an inch can fall to the ground. . The -trapdoor spider constructs his home so that the door is closed hy gravity when he goes in or out. On an overage there are twenty telephone calls every second of the working day in the London area.
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Evening Star, Issue 19537, 20 April 1927, Page 1
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IN A NUTSHELL
Evening Star, Issue 19537, 20 April 1927, Page 1
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