IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. —November 2. 1880.—General Garfield elected President of the United States. 1887.—Death of Jenny Lind, the famous soprano. 1899.—Captain Lorraine lost in balloon ascent from Lancaster Park.i The balloon fell into the sea at Lyttelton Heads. . 1914.—Sanguinary battle in Flanders,Germans repulsed from Ypres with great slaughter.
—November 3. 1853.—First meeting of Nelson Provincial Council. 1857. —Great Eastern launched. 1871.—Stanley met Livingstone at Utiji. 1893.—Great strike of cotton operatives in Lancashire; 45,000 stopped work. 1916.—Italian victory on the Carso} 9,000 prisoners taken. 1918.—Austria surrendered.
Voluntary contributions to the London hospitals now amount to no less than £1,800,000 a year. In England more than 2,600 swimming certificates were awarded x > Tottenham school children in a year. Fulham Council is paying £25 for several specimens of “ Old Fulham ”■ pottery for their central library. A journey »to Berlin by land and water from London takes 20 hours; bjs air it can be performed in 9| hour*.
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Evening Star, Issue 20322, 2 November 1929, Page 1
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155IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 20322, 2 November 1929, Page 1
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