IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1642.—Discovery of Tasmania. 1791.—The Snares discovered by Vancouver. 1848.—Lord Melbourne died, 1855.—Responsible government proclaimed for New South Wales. 1857.—Death of General Sir Henry, 1868.—Opening of the Smithfield Metropolitan Meat Market. 1915.—Heavy Italian attack on Gorizia. 1917.—Bolsheviks in Petrograd asked for armistice with Germans. British smokers pay £57,000,000 to the Treasury in taxes every year. Tramps are supplied with safety razors in one Hertfordshire workhouse. A ton of water from the Dead Sea when evaporated would yield 1781 b of salt. The population of the world is increasing at a rate of over 12,000,000 every year.
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Evening Star, Issue 20958, 24 November 1931, Page 1
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99IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 20958, 24 November 1931, Page 1
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