IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 20996, 9 January 1932, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

anniversaries. —January 9. 1770 —Mount Egmont sighted and named by Captain Cook. 1789.—Bass Strait discovered by Flinders and Bass. .. 1806. —Nelson buried in St. Paul a Cathedral. , . . 1861.— First shot fired in American Civil War. * ~ . , 1868.—First show of Clutha A. and P. Society. . 1873.—Napoleon 111. died at Chislehtlß7B.—Death of Victor Emanuel, first King of Italy. . , , ■ * 1905.—Russian garrison marched ou« of Port Arthur after the capitulation.' 1909,—Lieutenant Shackleton and bis three companions planted the Union, Jack at a point within 300 geographical miles of South Pole. —January 10.— 1645.— Archbishop Laird beheaded.1840.— English penny postage inaugurated.’ . ~ .... 1868.—Last convict ship arrived in Australia. . 1900.—First through tram from Cairo arrived at Khartoum. . 1920.—Official termination of war with Germany. - 1928.—Lieutenant J. R. Moncneff and Captain G. Hood left Sydney for/ New Zealand in monoplane Aotearoa. Consent to the raising of a loan of £3,000 bytho Hawke’s Bay County, Council for the purpose of restoring earthquake damage was gazetted last night. An adult man should weigh about 1101 b for sft in height, with sJlb added for each inch above this figure. The legbone of a large bison, hearing the teethmarks of a hyena, has been,’ unearthed by excavators in East Yorkshire.

Allotment holders in Britain are es* timated to have produced vegetables worth about £130j000,000 since the end of the war.