IN A NUTSHELL
ANNJVEBSABIES. Kind. —(juy Fawkes executed. 1770.—Captain Cook proclaimed British sovereignty over New Zealand at Mutuant island, Queen Charlotte Bound. 184!).—Abolition of Corn Laws came into effect. 1858.—Qrcat Eastern launched. 1871.—Battle of Ainoafnl, Ashantis defeated by Sir Carnet "Wolseley. 1892. G. H. Spurgeon died. 1917.—• Unrestricted U boat war announced.
A single banyan tree has been known to shelter 7,000 men at one time.
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The wholesale price of elephant tusks in London is about £2,000 a ton. Bengal’s birth-rate lias declined by 00 per cent, in the last twenty-five years.
One little word is all I ask, ’Twill make me happy quite. Oh! speak it—’tis a simple task To bring my heart delight. Say “Yes” for a Dewar’s Imperial..,. Steamers go up the Amazon as far as Iquitos, in Peru, 2,300 miles from the mouth.
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Evening Star, Issue 19778, 31 January 1928, Page 1
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181IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 19778, 31 January 1928, Page 1
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