IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1675.—Greenwich Observatory founded. : 1882.—Earthquake in Italy; Geneva and Rome damaged; thousands of live* lost. , 1894.—Discovery of gold at Coolgardie, Western Australia. 1904.—Russian fleet partially destroyed at Port Arthur by Japanese. 1914.—France declared war against Austria. ... 1916.—Italians occupied Goritsua. 1920.—Peace Treaty with Turkey signed.
Elephant’s hide is used in Sheffield for burnishing cutlery. It is dark brown, and not unlike wood in texture.
Otto Kemmerich, a German swimmer, has beaten his own world’s record by swimming over forty-six hours in a tank. • Experience of Scoullar and Chisholm’s Furniture is that it is the cheapest in the citv. Test it for yourselves... The State never interferes with a man’s soul except to its disadvantage. -Mr H. Snell, M.P. Ten years of ordinary school teaching sends 80 per cent, of onr secondary school pupils out into the world with no love of learning for its own sake: that is because they have not been allowed to reject what they were not ready for.—Dr Edward Lyttelton.
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Evening Star, Issue 19941, 10 August 1928, Page 1
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166IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 19941, 10 August 1928, Page 1
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