IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES 3G07.--Royal Exchange, London} founded. 1822. —Death of Sir William Hcr*cliol, astronomer. Ib-'W—Hongkong taken by Captain Elliott. idVO. —Meta completely isolated by the Prussians. 1574. —Fi r o at Guthrie and Larnach’s timber yard. 1875.—Matthew Webb swam English Channel. ISo2.—Death of General Deodoro De Fonsoco, founder of the Republic of Brazil i ~1-I.—Japan declared war on Germany. i!)22.—Mr Michael Collins, Irish Free State leader, shot by Irish revolutiouariea
Revolution is nothing but tlw inaction from reaction.—Dr Erich KochU'oser. I sometimes think that nearly the whole of morality may bo summed up in the command, “ Waste not.”—Dean Inge. ihere are 1,200 new trains in the London Midland and Scottish summer time-table. A in'mi man delivered £25,000 worth of gold and silver at the Bank of England recently An. official report in Britain states that five hundred kinds of material are used for men’s shoes. Britislt ami German airmen who wens antagonists in the war hate dined together in London.
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Evening Star, Issue 19952, 23 August 1928, Page 1
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161IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 19952, 23 August 1928, Page 1
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