IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1547.—Battle of. Pinkie. 177<l.—Norfolk Island discovered hy Captain Cook. 1842.—Governor Hobson died. 1853'. —Captain ■ Cargill elected first Superintendent of Otago. 1864.—Maori prisoners escaped from Kaveau. 1872.—Raujitsinliji born. , ,1887.—Gunboat Wasp left Singapore, and, with crow, never again heard of. 1898.—Empress of Austria assassinated at Genova. 1914.--Rout of Austrian army in Galacia with loss of 250,000 killed and wounded; 100,000 prisoners ; 400 guns. Civil administration in India finds employment for a million and a-half people, of whom only 12,000 are Europeans. .Fulham, London, has fewer ablebodied men unemployed to-day than in pre-war days, according to Sir Cvril Cobb, M.P. Wireless apparatus to the value of £600,000,000 was turned out by the radio manufacturers of the United States- last year British trade has been benefited to the tune of more than £500,000 from the Courts held at Buckingham Palaco this season. A transforming station is to be built under Trafalgar square, London, but there will bo no change in the appearance of the square.
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Evening Star, Issue 20585, 10 September 1930, Page 1
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165IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 20585, 10 September 1930, Page 1
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