IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1793. First flour-mill built in Neif South Wales. , , , . 1870. —Papal States declared incorporated with Italy. v 1899.—President Kruger’s ultimatum delivered to British agent at Pretoria. 1914. Germans occupy Antwerp. 1915. Germans occupy Belgrade. The famous marble quarries at Car** rara, Italy, were first worked by ths Romans more than 2,000 years ago. , London Bridge was' begun in 1824,■ and its construction required - seven years, at a cost of more than £i,SUU,Including war debts, the world owei the United States, in public and private loans tho enormous sum of £4.000,000.000., .. , . . Do. not be too keen on this •humbug about breaking records. I broke records in the number of unemployed.—> Mr J. H. Thomas. The chief reason for the popularity, of the cinema is that it leaves the public nothing to do.—Mr Rodney Bennett.
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Evening Star, Issue 20610, 9 October 1930, Page 1
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136IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 20610, 9 October 1930, Page 1
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