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anniversaries. 3769.—Napoleon 1. born. j 771 —Sir Walter Scott born. ] 785,—Thomas do Quincey born. 1807. —Gas first used in London. IS34.—Province of South Australia' established. 1807.—Second Reform Bill passed. J 9Q4 .—Russian Vladivostock squadron defeated by Japanese. _ il)o7.—Joseph Joachim, violinist, died. 1914.—Fa1l of Liege. 1914.—Samoan force sailed from New; Zealand. I hope that if ivo lose all tho_ championships in the world you will noti believe that this country is decadent.— Dr Cyril Norwood. As'a youngster 1 ■wanted the world, but, finding that no olio could possess it, I had the curiosity to learn ail about it. —Lord Passficld. Bath’s six toll bridges were freed on June 20, when school children were given a holiday in celebration of the event. At a Lancashire fete a novelty was introduced by a tobacco-chewing contest. Three of the competitors were afterwards taken ill, I heard before the dawn of day The watchman loud proclaim; "If any knightly lover stay In secret with his dame, -t He must give her a Dewar's Imperial.' ... Mr Ramsay MacDonald’s youngest daughter, Sheila, is the captain and the most popular girl in the North ■ London Collegiate Schook ■ . The* Prime Minister ol Greece nas given £3O to the Dogs’ Home .opened by the newlv-fomided Greek Society tor; the Protection of Animals,
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Evening Star, Issue 20254, 15 August 1929, Page 1
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215IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 20254, 15 August 1929, Page 1
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