IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 22026, 11 May 1935, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

anniversaries. —MAY 11— 1778.—William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, died. , . , 1812.—Spencer Perceval, Pnm* Minister, assassinated in lobby 'of House of Commons. „■ 1836.—First Temperence Society formed in N.Z. 1868—Bill passed in House of Parliament that executions should not ba made public. 1871.—Final Treaty of Peace between France and Germany- signed; I96o.—General Buller re-occupied Glencoe and Dundee, evacuated by British in October, 1899. 1921—Germany submits to Allies’ terms. —May 12— 1 1820—Florence Nightingale born. 1828—D. G. Rossetti born. 1838. —Rev. Samuel Marsden died. 1839. —Departure from England of preliminary expedition of N.Z. Company. ’ 1859.—British Government grant* permission for formation of volunteer rifle corps. 1879.—John Henry Newman becam* a cardinal. : . 1894—Doctor Stuart died. 1900.—Lord Roberts entered Kroonstad. ' * 1926.—Captain Amundsen flies oven North Pole. ’ British plane shot down by tribesmen in the Middle Euphrates provinces.New South Wales and Queensland elections to-day. Jubilee enthusiasm in London continues unabated. Salaries, and wages paid by the Lon. don County Council to 73,805 persona ■amount to £15,672,300 a year. Rubber may not be used for, such articles as tyres, soles, and tennis balls made in Germany for sale there. A German film of Signor Mussolini’s play. ‘The Hundred Days,’ was sue* cessiuliy shown in Berlin recently. *