IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1704.—Battle of Blenheim. 1814. —Cape Colony finally ceded to Britain. 1840.—French, frigate L’Anbe arrived at Akaroa. m . 1896. —Death of Sir John Millais, president of the Royal Academy. 1898.—Manila surrendered to th« Americans. 1906.—Mrs Craigie (John Oliver Hobbes) died. 1910.—Florence Nightingale died. 1910.—Earl Spencer (the “ Red Earl?’) died. Maori footballers to play another match in New South Wales. Development of aircraft building to be undertaken by Australian Government. Demonstrations against Government’s economy decrees continue in France. No sign of settlement in Australian shipping dispute. There are said to be 7,000,000 robin* in the British Isles. Manchester’s medicine consumption i* 50 per cent, higher than that of the rest of England.
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Evening Star, Issue 22106, 13 August 1935, Page 1
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114IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 22106, 13 August 1935, Page 1
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