IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1788—Governor Phillips discovered and named Sydney Cove. 1788.—Lord Byron born. 1840.—Wellington founded by th* New Zealand Company. 1879.—Zulu War; disaster to British troops at Isandhlwana. Gallant defence of colours of Twenty-fourth Regi. ment by Lieutenants Melville and Coghill and defence of Rorke’s Drift. 1900.—Assault and capture of Spipn Kop. 1900.—Death of Queen Victoria. Accession of King Edward VII. A 1,000-mile journey on the Finnish State railways costs 34s second class and only 23s third class. , A Tom Trumb has been found living in a remote hamlet of Ceylon. He is nineteen years old, but only 32in tall. Parchment records may not now be sold for commercial purposes in Britain until they have been examined by a State expert.
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Evening Star, Issue 21934, 22 January 1935, Page 1
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122IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 21934, 22 January 1935, Page 1
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