IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. , 1807.—“ Milan Decree,” forbidding commercial intercourse with England, issued by Napoleon. Igs4.__lt'ivst Australian Exhibition opened at Melbourne; IB6o.—Bronze coinage authorised instead of copper. 1903.—Wright Brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk. U.S.A, 1907.—Lord Kelvin died. 1929.—Wreck of Manuka at Long Point near Nuggets. Kissing in public is banned in Italy, except for ‘‘ farewells ’’ at railway stations. The minimum penalty is a 3s fine, payable on the spot. Pretty girls make bad wives, according to Judge Joseph Sabath, of Chicago. He bases his opinion, on their desire to be always on show. We speak of examinations as if they were clinical thermometers officially tested at Kew. This is an exaggeration of their merit.—Sir Michael Sadler.
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Evening Star, Issue 21905, 17 December 1934, Page 1
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117IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 21905, 17 December 1934, Page 1
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