IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES, 1319.—Rev. diaries Kingsley, author* born. 1872.—Dr Arnold died. 1872.—Opening of first railway HI Japan. 1917.—Abdication of King Constantine. 1920. —Civic reception to Sir 'William Birdwood. The blind population of Britain in 1927 was 46.822. The United States now holds half the world’s supply of gold. Camels and pigs are said to be the only animals that cannot swim. The hide of a bullock yields about thirty-five pounds of leather. Whatever otlwr faults Americans may have, they are specially and splendidly free from the faults of scepticism and despair.—Mr G. K. Chesterton.
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Evening Star, Issue 19890, 12 June 1928, Page 1
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95IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 19890, 12 June 1928, Page 1
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