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ANNIVERSARIES. 1768.—Royal Academy founded. 1859.—Queensland .separated front New South Wales. 1873. —Marshal Bazaine sentenced to death for surrendering Metz; sentence subsequently _ commuted to twenty, years’ seclusion on the Isle St. Mar» guerite. 1899.—General Gatacre, misled' by. guides, suffered reverse at Stormberg. 1915.—Turkish attack at Krithia re« pulsed by New Zealanders. 1918.—New Zealand war loan o{ £10,000,000 authorised. It is stated that there are 2,000 railway and canal bridges in Britain unsuitable for carrying loads of more than twelve hundredweight. The total turnover of totalisators in Britain up to October was over £4,000,000. including £310,081 taken at Ascot, a record for the country.
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Evening Star, Issue 21899, 10 December 1934, Page 1
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105IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 21899, 10 December 1934, Page 1
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