IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 21037, 26 February 1932, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1802.—Victor Hugo born. 1815.—Napoleon escaped from Elba, 1848.—Republic declared in Paris. 1852. —Loss of the transport Birken* head; 454 lives lost. • 1871.—Franco-German peace treaty; signed at Versailles. 1892.—E. B. Cargill’s residence, “The Cliffs,” destroyed by fire. 1898.—Attempted _ assassination of King of Greece, outside Athens. 1916.—French auxiliary cruiser Provence sunk in Mediterranean; 8,000 troops lost. 1916. —First stage of great Verdun battle. 1923. —Duke of York married. Special session in full swing. Introduction of Arbitration Amend* ment announced for to-day. Spain’s first Divorce Bill approved by. Chamber. Ninety-mile Beach still unfit for “ AVizard ” Smith to attempt_record, Japanese launch new offensive. On one Swedish railway line alonn more than 1,000 reindeer were run over and killed in 1930, over £2,000 having to be paid in compensation to tho owners of the animals. Experience of Scoullar and Chisholm Furniture is that it is the cheapest in the city. Test it for yourselves.... Six machine guns can be carried by % new single-seater fighting aeroplane recently tested successfully by the British Royal Air Force. It can travel at 200 miles an hour. The front legs of a hare are very, short in proportion to its hind legs. When it is climbing a slope it gets a better purchase on the ground than, when it is running on the flat.