IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1689.—Relief of Londonderry. 1763.—Captain Cook sailed on hi* first voyage. 1771.—Thomas Gray,_ poet, died. 1849.—Florins first issued. 1898.—Death of Prince Bismarck, the “Iron Chancellor,” aged 83. 1900»—Duke of Edinburgh died. 1900.—General Prinsloo and 5,000 Boers surrendered to General Hunter.
1901.—8i1l passed adding “Of all the British Dominions Beyond the Seas” to King’s title.
Nineteen bankruptcies, of which twelve were in the North Island, were notified in the latest issue of tho ‘Gazette.’
An old factory beam engine, made in 1814, has been working continuously since 1827 at silk mills in Taunton, ana is still in . excellent order. There are said to be no fewer than 16,837 different ways of earning a living, as shown in a British Government publication dealing with occupations.
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Evening Star, Issue 19931, 30 July 1928, Page 1
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