IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1788. —Colony of New South Wale# formally proclaimed. 1812.—Charles Dickens horn. 1863.—H.M.5. Orpheus wrecked Manukau bar; 190 drowned. 1878.—Russians advanced on Constantinople. 1915.—Russian retreat in Prussia. 1928.—Earl Haig buried in Dryburgli Abbey.
Bones which were, according to expert opinion, used as skates about 5.000 years ago, have been found during excavations in Czecho-Slovakia. Britain is using more electricity, its consumption last year, up to the_ end of November being 9.5 per cent, higher than in the same period of 1932. Stray .dogs are becoming such ft nuisance in Constantinople that the authorities propose to place a price on dogs’ tails brought to them. Women in Britain are now serving as directors in omnibus companies, furniture factories, cinemas, electrical works, and textile and food factories in England.
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Evening Star, Issue 21639, 7 February 1934, Page 1
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130IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 21639, 7 February 1934, Page 1
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