IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES.
1840.—First issue of New Zealand Government ‘ Gazette.’ 1853.—First meeting of Otago Provincial Council. •1859.—Lord Macaulay died. 1865.—Iludyard Kipling born. 1903. —Diststrous fire at Iroquois Theatre, Chicago; 587 lives lost. 1906.—Death of Baroness BurclettCoutts; aged ninety-two. Despite the lack of sunshine in Britain’s recent summer, the daily ultraviolet ray readings at most resorts showed a very small drop on last year’s.A record cotton crop of 300,000 bales is expected in the Uganda, but, owing to the fall in price, revenue will be considerably below the 1929 figure. As a nation Britain is eating more fruit, the annual consumption last year, being nearly 831 b per head of the population, as compared with 701 b in 1924. Before 1920, out of every eight women married, one was a widow. In. 1929, out of 42,316 brides, only 2,489 were widows.
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Evening Star, Issue 20988, 30 December 1931, Page 1
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141IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 20988, 30 December 1931, Page 1
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