IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 22343, 20 May 1936, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1506.—Death of Columbus. 1857. Delhi captured from mutineers by Sir Archdale Wilson. 1861.—Gold discovered at Gabriel’* Gully, Otago. . 1867.—Foundation stone of the Albert Hall, London, laid by Queen Victoria. 1883.—Death of Rev. Josiah Henson, aged 98, the original Uncle Tom of Airs Beecher-Stowe’s story, ‘ Uncle Tom’s Cabin.’ 1922.—P. and O. steamer Egypt sunk in collision; 95 lives lost. One fatal road accident a day and 20 involving injury is New Zealand’s record. Seventeen per cent, of Dominion’* national income is spent on transport, Italians reported to be training young Abyssinians. Rights of foreign legations at Addis Ababa being undermined. Sikhs refus* to give Fascist salute. British troops stage comprehensive scheme of “showing the flag” in Jerusalem. Local population impressed. America agrees to Britain exceeding the London Naval Treaty by increasing - , destroyer tonnage. Labour circles in Australia fear that faction fight will be intensified through expulsion of Mr Garden. Scotland Yard investigating discovery of charred body of Oxford, undergraduate in burned hay ridk. Six desperate lepers esfcapc from island near Manila and bill seven people. Physically, a man is said to be at his best between the ages of 20 and 28. Nearly 500.000 tons of meat passed through Smithfield Market last vein'. The sale of bicycles in Britain has been quadrupled in the last 10 years.