IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES, 1873.—English bank rate reached 9 per cent. ■ . 1881.—Wreck of barque . England’s Glory at Bluff. . : ‘ 1885.—Canadian-Pacific Railway completed. ■ 1390—-Storm in United Kingdom; great loss of life and destruction of property.. •*. 1897.—Professor Parker, of Dunedin, died. ' ' ’ - ■ ’
1801.—Death of Li Hung Chang, Chinese •1917.—British captured Gaza. 1918.—Revolt of German army.
After fifty years’ service .the old U.S.S. Corinna will he scuttled in Cook Strait. .
Population of New Zealand is now 1,494,628; with mandated territory, etc.; 1,355,399. ■ Experience of Sooullar and Chisholm Furniture is that it is the: cheapest in' th* city! Test it for yoUrselves.... - ■ The retail price index for the dominion at September 15 reveals that it now takes £1 11s 4d to purchase what could have been bought for £1 in July. 1914.
What is .believed to be the first private telephone installed in England has beeen presented to Plymouth Museum. Opening a new tube railway in the London area may increase the value of adjacent land from 26s to £1,200 an acre. '
A perfect violin made by. a Peterborough artist is 4iu long, weighs a quarter of an ounce, and has ninetynine separate parts. i
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Evening Star, Issue 20635, 7 November 1930, Page 1
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189IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 20635, 7 November 1930, Page 1
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