IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1547.—Battle of Pinkie. 1774.—Norfolk Island discovered by Captain Cook. 1842.—Governor Hobson died. 1853.—Captain Cargill elected first superintendent of Otago. 1864.—Raiijitsiiihji born. 18S7.—Gunboat Wasp left Singapore, and, with crew, never again heard of. 1898.—Empress of Austria assassinated at Geneva. 1914.—Rout of the Austrian army in Galicia, with loss of 250,000 killed and wounded; 100,000 prisoners; 400 guns. The number of one-pound notes. in circulation in England has decreased by about 40,000,000 in the past fourteen years, while the ten-shilling notes have increased by 7,000,000 in the same period. ‘ . A steer, suitable for chilling, can be bought in the Argentine for £5; when sold in England the carcass realised about £l2. The sale of the hide, etc., covers the cost of killing, chilling, and carriage.
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Evening Star, Issue 21821, 10 September 1934, Page 1
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127IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 21821, 10 September 1934, Page 1
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