IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1808-—Janie:. Na smyth born. 1831.—Vessel Lady Sherbrooke, from Londonderry to "Quebec, wrecked near Capo Race 273 lives lost. 1845.—Whirlwind at Rouen, F ranee; over 100 lives lost. 1870.—Germans commenced the bomhardirfent of Strasburg. 1879.—Foundation stone of new Eddystone, Lighthouse laid by the Duke of Edinburg! 1881.—Queen Victoria received 40,000 Scottish volunteers at Edinburgh, 1897.—Passing of Employers’ Liability Amendment Act (New Zealand;. 1895.—Dukj of Cambridge resigned position of Commandor-in-Cbie.f of the Army and was succeeded by Lord Wolseley. 1902_ —Cyclone and earthquake at' Martinique,' Wjst Indies; all ships in port destroyed and 340 lives lost. 1906.—Valparaiso earthquake. It is a good thing to have a great ancestor hut the shorter the pedjgreo the better chance you have of inheriting some oi bis abilities.—Dean Inge. An 181 b golden carp, 29in long, caught in Leicester Pool, near Hinckley, England was believed to he a hundred years old. Birmingham has 'undertaken a £2.(100, OOG dra i nago scheme to prevent flooding by the Rivers Rea and Tame. An educatio which is purely intellectual appea s lo have a disintegrating and destructive rather than a constructive tendency.—The Bishop of Gloucester.
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Evening Star, Issue 20257, 19 August 1929, Page 1
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190IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 20257, 19 August 1929, Page 1
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