IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 21518, 16 September 1933, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. —September 16. 1736._Fahrenheit, inventor of thermometer died. 1839.—First body of New- Zealand Company’s emigrants sailed from Gravesend. 1848.—France. abolished slavery throughout her possessions. 1853.—First meeting of Taranaki Provincial Council. 1859.—Lake Nyassa discovered. . 1861.—Post Office Savings Bank opened in England.. 1879.—Sydney International Exhibition opened. „ 1914.—Russians evacuated Prussia.—September 17. 1303.—First _ authenticated discov. ery of Australian coast. 1871.—Mont Cenis tunnel opened. 1873.—Great fire in Chicago. 1883.—Failure of the Exchange Bank, Canada. 1894.—Battle of Yalu River. 1908.—Orville Wright’s aeroplane fell at Fort Meyer, IJ.S.A; Lieutenant Selfridge killed, and Wright badly injured. 1923. Floods at Tottori, near Kobe, Japan; 5,000 people drowned. The London General Omnibus Company, which recently passed into tha control of the London Passenger Transport Board, was formed in 1855,. An 80-year-old doctor of Saragossa,Spain came to the conclusion that his education had been neglected. He returned to the university and graduated M.A. • . Grandism (2,056): All the delicacy of luscious grapes fresh from the vine—Aragon Spanish Wine—at the low cost of 4s bottle.... In London’s 251 new factories, employing 16,000 people, all sorts of articles are made, including pyjamas, radio parts, cosmetics, and sausage skins.