IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. ■ 1215.—Magna Charta signed. 1943. : Great demonstration by 250,000 perssous i,it Ennis in favour of re-cstablislunent Of, Irish Parliament. 18-58.—Massacre of Christians at Jed* dab. 1870.—AVar declared between Franc* and Prussia. 1888.—Death of German Emperor F rederick. 1896.—Earthquake and tidal wave in Japan; 27,900 lives'lost and 7,000 bouses destroyed. 1901.—Excursion steamer General Slocum caught fire in New Yoi'k Har. hour; 1,000 lives lost. 1918.—Last great Austrian offensive,: London now contains 445 _ cinemas,which can provide 384,8-50 visitors with seats at the same time. The trawler Blakkur recently landed a catch of fish from Iceland which made £2,200 at Grimsby. Fire destroyed 1,200 houses in the little Japanese town of Omiya, which lies at the foot of the volcano Fujiyama. The London and North-eastern Railway last month ran 535 half-day excursion trains with fares at three miles a penny.
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Evening Star, Issue 21129, 15 June 1932, Page 1
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140IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 21129, 15 June 1932, Page 1
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