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anniversaries. J 'M. Sir George Grey became GoT« cnmf ol’ New Zealand. js7_?. Wreck of barque City of Newcastle in Tory Channel.^ 11)0^.—-Emperor of China died. J'dU. -Field-Marshal Lord .Roberts died. ]t)lo.—Eighth Reinforcement# left LvUeUon.
Election day. •Mosquitoes are more apt to nito people with fair skins than those of dark complexion. Aged ](ij, a Lithuanian named Jurgis Skinderis, lately arrived in Now' York as an emigrant. Women outnumber men by fourteen tj one cm the island of Tagavva, in the Pacific Ocean. Tobacco seeds are so minute that a thimbleful will furnish enough plants for an acre of ground. The wettest day yet recorded was June 11.191,1. at Rngiiso, Phillippinos, w hen him of rain fell.
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Evening Star, Issue 20023, 14 November 1928, Page 1
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120IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 20023, 14 November 1928, Page 1
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