IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 20310, 19 October 1929, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. —October 19.--1216.—King .join) died. 1774.—Captain. Cook made Ills fourth' visit to New Zealand. 1868.—Bishop Sclwyn Jel’t- Now Zealand. 1874. North Dunedin branch, of Bank of New Zealand established. 1875. —Death, of Sir Charles Wheatstone, introducer of the electric telegraph. 1881. —(’resident Gariield died. 1905.—Prince and Princess of Wales Iclt England on a tour of India, —October 20. 1805,—Defeat of Austrian army and surrender of Ulm to the French. 1827.—Battle of Navarino; TurkoEgyptiau fleet destroyed by Allied fleet. • 1842.—Death of Grace Darling, heroine of Jngstone lighthouse; aged twenty-five years. IBS6.—Bartholdi statue of Liberty set up in New York Harbour. 1894.—Death of James A. Fronde, historian. 1914. —First battle of Ypres begun. 1915. —Sir Tan Hamilton took command of Gallipoli; Major-general Mnnro sent to report on situation. 1918.—Belgian coast clear of Germans. The number of mechanically-propelled road Vehicles in Great Britain has grown from 873,700 in 1921 to 2,052,453 last year. Not a> single vote was registered for Dr C. O’Neill, who fought a by-election in Armagh County (South) in November. 1909. The New Forest, remains the largest in England. The Forest of Dean cames next, but is only one-third the size. When men make a great deal ,of money they become dissatisfied with continuing to do the useful things they were doing, and want to get into something they know nothing about.— Mr Henry Ford. j .4 i