IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1828.—The Duke of Wellington became Premier. 1858—Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia married Princess Ro3*al, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria. 1871. —Longwy capitulated to Germans ; 4,000 prisoners and 200 guns taken. 1887. —Naval Intelligence Department instituted. 1908.'—Death of Ouida. More than £200,000,000 is invested in the gas industry in Britain. Women’s fashions cost something like £200,000,000 a year in Britain. Of the wine drunk in Britain, one bottle out of every three is an empire product. . . . that very common English complaint—an underworked brain.—Mr Bernard Shaw. Middle-aged men must be careful to keep at bay fatty degeneration of conscience.—Dean Inge.
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Evening Star, Issue 21628, 25 January 1934, Page 1
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102IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 21628, 25 January 1934, Page 1
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