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ANNIVERSARIES. 10SP. —Judge Jeffreys died. ISo6.—Appointment of first Ministry in New Zealand under responsible government. 1874.—Funeral of Dr Livingstone in Westminster Abbey. 1906. —Great earthquake nfc Sail Francisco. 1922. —I’addon boat Hadfield on the Wanganui River for the world’s sculling championship. The Russia of the near future will be a religious, conservative, agrarian country.—Dean Inge. Scouting has given rnc new life, and in that new life 1 am scarcely twentyone.—Sir Robert Raden-Powell. Non-parlor houses have fallen, in some English provincial districts, to holow £'4oo in price. No less than 6,077 miles of pipes are needed to distribute London’s water supply. ikon/.o tablets arc affixed to sixhouses iu which Charles Dickens lived in London. Silk is considered unclean by the Mohammedans because it is the product of a worm. A system of lighting which gives 300 different color effects is a feature of a cinema at Dagenham.
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Evening Star, Issue 19844, 18 April 1928, Page 1
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149IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 19844, 18 April 1928, Page 1
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