IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1600.—Charles I. born. ’ 1828.—Death of Franz Schubert, master song composer. 1872.—Auckland Post Office da. stroyed by fire. 1874.—Ship Cospatrick burnt at sea,1897.—Ferdinand De Lesseps, designer of the Suez Canal, died; aged eighty-nine. 1917. —Fire at* “ Silver Grid,’* Christchurch; six lives lost. 1918. —Metz entered by French troops. The normal man’s thigh bone will, support a weight of 1J- tons without breaking, its tensile strength being almost equal to that of cast iron. London’s largest traffic -point i* Hyde Park Corner. On July 11, 1933, 81,857 vehicles passed between 8 a.in, and 8 p.m. The figure in 1904 wa« 29,286. Only two of the English county cricket* clubs—Worcestershire and Surrey—can report quite satisfactorily on the financial results of their play.
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Evening Star, Issue 21881, 19 November 1934, Page 1
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123IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 21881, 19 November 1934, Page 1
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