IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1265.—First English Parliament. 1736.—James Watt, engineer, born. 1812. Storming and capture of Cinda Rodrigo by the British under Generals Mackinnon and Crawford (both killed in assault). 1813. Birth of Sir Henry Bessemer,inventor of steel process that bears hi* name. ' , 183d.—Aden captured by . British. 1840.—First steamer arrived m New; Zealand. 1898.—Hon. J. C. Richmond died. 1900.—Capture of Osman Digna,dervish leader at Tokar. 1907. Cooktown .(Queensland)] wrecked by hurricane.
Artesian wells, of which there are hundreds in London, draw water from the chalk basin 300 ft below the sur. London’s elementary schools havei 685,004 scholars. This is a decrease of nearly 200,000 as compared with 1915. Talking pictures are being made in fourteen languages in Joinville, the French Hollywood, situated on the outskirts of Paris. The internal combustion engine’and rubber have revolutionised the world, an' 1 I am thankful that I have not got to set it right.—Mr A. A., Baumann. ' Sparrows are said to do damage to the extent of about £3,000 to the gratia crop in one’ province of Argentina.
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Evening Star, Issue 21004, 19 January 1932, Page 1
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174IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 21004, 19 January 1932, Page 1
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