IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. i 1846.— Sir Robert Peel proposed repeal of Corn Laws. , 1 ■ _ 1859. Birth of ex-Kaiser Wilhelm ll* 1860. —Dr Stuart arrived by the Boswortb. 1866.—General Chute’s march behind Mount Egmont ended. 1901. —Memorial service for Queen Victoria held throughout the Empire.1901.—Death of Verdi, operatic composer. ; ■- 1901.—German Emperor made hieldMarshal of the British Army.. ■ 1906. —New railway from Nile to Rea Sea opened by Lord Cromer. Wins for All Blacks in British Columbia and University Rugby team ih Japan. Two titles and a record to Otago swimmers at Hamilton. Auckland wins the Cornwell Cup. Fierce fighting reported on norther* front in Abyssinia. , Italy’s reply to sanctions —names of horse races changed. i Germany organises agriculture. for a war emergency. Fatherland’s big naval programme.^ Caspian icefields adrift ; fishermen in danger. Six military aviators killed in Hawaii. Jewellery dealer murdered in England by gangster methods. Raid on Communist den in India.
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Evening Star, Issue 22247, 27 January 1936, Page 1
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152IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 22247, 27 January 1936, Page 1
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