IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1549.—First Prayer Book of Edward VI. issued; 1804.—British and Foreign Bible Society established; 1810.—Admiral Lord Collingwood died. ’ 1873.—Sir G. Grey installed Governor of New Zealand. 1900.—Irish regiments authorised to wear shamrock in future on St. Patrick’s Day. 1907.—Barque Dundonald wrecked Auckland Islands; twelve'lives lost. 1916.—German attack on Mort Homme. 1932.—J0hn Philip Sousa (American; band king) died. Finance Bill passed penalising nonconverters by 33 1-3 per cerit. - Sweeping .Nazis victory in German elections. New shops for the sale of confection-* cry open in London at the rate of one a day. Flying on a clear s day at a height-of two miles an airman can see a distance of 150 miles in every direction. Covent Garden Theatre, London, is the third to occupy the site, the first havng been opened on December 7, 1732. . The London County Council recently received an envelope containing a Is postal order, issued at Poplar. There was no letter. Grandism (1,893): The closer a Scotchman is the harder it is to touch him. Any man from Scotland will tell you that Grand house whisky is well in the forefront; 12s bottle.... Among the women workers in America are 4,000,000 who are married; they comprise 37 per cent, of all the people employed.
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Evening Star, Issue 21354, 7 March 1933, Page 1
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210IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 21354, 7 March 1933, Page 1
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