IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1689.—Judge Jeffreys died, 1856—Appointment of first Ministry in New Zealand under responsible Government. 1874.—Funeral of Dr Livingstone ia Westminster Abbey. 1906.—Great earthquake at Sail Francisco. 1922. —Paddon beat Hadfield on the Wanganui River for the world’s sculling championship. A degree of “ general, knowledge ” i* to have a trial run at the Liverpool University. Soldiers and airmen living in billets in Britain may be supplied with meals by their landladies at the following rates:—Breakfast, 7d; supper, 4d. The billeting charge is lOd a night. The British Minister for Transport, Mr P. J. Pybus, at a dinner of the Worshipful Company of Paviours in London, described the road mileage of Great Britain as “ amazing.”- The total length of public roads, he said, was 177,256 miles.
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Evening Star, Issue 21080, 18 April 1932, Page 1
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127IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 21080, 18 April 1932, Page 1
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