IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1826.-—Last State lottery in England, 1861.—Federate defeated Confederates at Battle of Ball Run. 1865.—Lord Palmerston died. 1865.—Mount Etna in eruption ; villages destroyed and great loss of life. _ 1912. —Peace signed between Italy and Turkey. ~ , ~ 1918.—General Foch launched big counter-attack. , New Zealand women’s hockey team wins opening game in Australia. British Air Ministry testing petrol tank which will not burst in event of a crash. . Suggestion in America that Britain should transfer territory in settlement of her war debts. f The Southern Cross to make her last flight to-day before being handed over to the Federal authorities. Slang is language on trial.—Professor J. H. Grattan. The greatest mistake one can mak* is to get out of a comfortable bed at 5 in the morning.—The Dean of Westminster.
There are three girls to every man employed in the manufacture of wireless sets in England. ... Experts say that coloured headlight* for motor cars are no better than th* ordinary white type in piercing fog. Every form of fur to be used for making wraps goes through at least six processes before it is ready for use.
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Evening Star, Issue 22084, 18 July 1935, Page 1
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187IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 22084, 18 July 1935, Page 1
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