IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. —June 25. 1801. —Order of the Star of India in. stituted. 1879.—Death of Sir W. F. Cooke, co. patentee of the magnetic needle telegraph. 1888.—William 11. opened Reichstag for first time. 1895.—Lord Salisbury became Premier for the third time. 1901. —Duke and Duchess of York and Cornwall (King George and Queen Marv) arrived in Dunedin. 1907.—Death of Sir John Hall. —.Tune 26. 1824. —Lord Kelvin bom. 1830.— George IV. died. 1846. —Corn laws repealed. 1857. — of British residents at Cawnpore by Nana, Sahib. 1881. —Severe earthquake at Wellington. , 1897. —Great naval review at Spitheod. 1902. —Bishop Cowie died. 1917. —First American troops landed in France. . 1918. —Wimmera sunk by mine oil north coast of New Zealand. Feathers are sewn closely together to form a soft fabric which is very popular in Paris as a trimming for coats and jackets. Americans visiting Britain now can pay a hotel bill of £8 10s at an actual cost to them of £6 7s 6d, reckoned in their own money. There are at the present time in Britain 314,000 mental defectives, only 25,000 of whom are under any kind of institutional supervision.
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Evening Star, Issue 21138, 25 June 1932, Page 1
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