IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 20510, 14 June 1930, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

anniversaries. —June 14. Kilo.—Battle of Naseby. 1790.—Sydney named by Governor Phillips. 1800.—Battle of Marengo. 1883. —Railway from Sydney to Melbourne completed. 1900.—Wakkerstrom surrendered by Boers to General Lyttelton. 1904.—Paul Kruger died. 1916. —Opening of Paris Economic Conference. 1919. —Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown flew' from Newfoundland over Atlantic, landing at Clifton, Ireland. —June 15. 1315.—Magna Charta signed. 1843. —Great demonstration, by 350.000 persons at Ennis in favour of reestablishment of Irish Parliament. 1853.—Massacre of Christians at Jeddah. 1870. —War declared between Franc® and Prussia. c 1886.—Vancouver nearly destroyed by fire. 1838.—Death of German Emperor Frederick. . • 1896.—Earthquake and tidal wave i» Japan; 27,900 lives lost and 7,000 homes destroyed. 1904.—Excursion steamer General Slocum caught fire in New York Harbour; 1,000 lives lost. 1918.—Last great Austrian offensive. Mr Andrew* Carnegie’s estate, which amounted to £4,430,200 when valued in 1921, is now said to bo worth £7,040,300. Work is shortly to be started on tl» first underground roadway in Paris. It is to bo nearly 300yds long and 15yds. wide. Ten thousand years is the period of a lease granted by the town of Lahti, Finland, to a petrol company for a filling station. Nearly 83 per cent, of common English words are derived from the Latin, most of the remainder being borrowed from the Greek and Saxon.