IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1-IG9. Nicholas Machiavelli, political writer, born at Florence. MM.—Jamaica discovered 1820.—Plough first used in New Zealand by the Rev. J. Butler. 1840.—Auckland declared capital of New Zealand. 1840.—New Zealand proclaimed independent of Njw South Wales. 1850.—War declared between Franco i. d Austria. 1872. Simon Lang, last Gretna Green “ parson,” died. 1880opened in Paris. 1915.—Russian retreat in Galicia commenced. A London cable states that the warship Australia has been commissioned at Portsmouth. Only one woman in England holds the post ut deputy-governor of a prison ; tins is Miss Mary Size, recently appointed to Holloway Prison. The largest pioportiou of blind people los i their sight during the first year of sight, and the next largest between the ages of sixty and seventy. Over 553 million local calls were made last year by London telephone subscribers, while inland trunk calls from Loudon averaged 16,000 a day. For the privilege of issuing notes the Hank of England pays the Government £IBO,OIXI a year, plus a percentage of certain profits.
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Evening Star, Issue 19856, 3 May 1928, Page 1
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170IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 19856, 3 May 1928, Page 1
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