IN A NUTSHELL
' ANNIVERSARIES.. 1783.—New York evacuated by th* British. 1812.—The retreat from Russia., Battle of Beresina fought, resulting in the French losing 20,000 men. 1863.—First horticultural show i» Christchurch. ; 1865. —Death of King Alfonso XII., of Spain. 1890.—Lord Methuen defeated th* Boers at Graspan. . , 1903.—Preferential and Reciprocal Act passed. « - 1912.—Mr Massey turned on the Lak# Coleridge electric current. All Blacks win their first test. Scotland beaten by 18 to. 8. , . Italy hurt by Britain’s reply to hep protest against sanctions. Wireless messages from Mr Lincoln Ellsworth’s plane cease after 11 hours. Hawaiian villages threatened by lav*, flows from active vhlcano. : . Capable of transmitting 200 different Conversations at one time, a new typo of telephone cable is to be.- laid between London and Birmingham. July and August are said to be th* most popular months for marriage in Britain, probably because these are th* principal holiday months.
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Evening Star, Issue 22195, 25 November 1935, Page 1
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147IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 22195, 25 November 1935, Page 1
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