IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1642.—Galileo died. 1806.—Cape Colony surrendered to Great Bri-i n. , IS2S.—Duke of Wellington became Prime Minister of England. • . 1849.—Ship Ajax arrived from London. ■ _ IS7S.—Formal opening Anderson's Bay railway. 1896.—Shu> Halcione wrecked at Wellington. 1904.—Outbreak ■ of war 'between, Japan and Russia. 1916.—Evacuation of Gallipoli completed. . Nava! destroyers will shortly be abla to travel at over sixty" miles an hour. The present average speed is forty-four miles an hour. ' Motor boats, aeroplanes, and wireless sets are becoming quite common among the Eskimos in the Canadian Arctic regions. British apprentices arc very popular in French racing stables, as French' boys are said pot to understand or caro about horses. _ One limit farm in Essex.- England, comprising 700 acres, yields I'nnt worth £-12,000 a year, and shows a net t refit of about £2O per acre. Forty pc cent, of Chicago University students have giien tho Bible as their favourite book, and Shakespeare was second with 63 per cent
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Evening Star, Issue 20686, 8 January 1931, Page 1
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158IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 20686, 8 January 1931, Page 1
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