IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 22379, 1 July 1936, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1801.—First steamfer on the Thames, 1817.—Sovereigns issued to guineas. 1851.—Victoria proclaimed a separate colony. ' , ' . 1857.—Residency of Lucknow beseiged by rebels. 1867 .—Canada federated. 1875. Strathmore wrecked on Crozets. 1909.—Sir W. Wyllie assassinated. 1916.—Somme battle begun.

Mr Stanley Baldwin growing weary of Conservative attacks. May retiro unless his prestige is restored. King Edward to inspect Royal Air Force on July 8. Australia deprived of American trad* benefits by way of retaliation against tariff changes. • , Italy proposes to hold a form of man* date over Abyssinia and to report voluntarily to the League. Dr Goebbels declares that Germany has taken precautions on the principU that the League is good, but air squadrons and army corps are better. ( London’s most popular “ sight ” u still the British Museum, which received 1,172,980 visitors last-year. France has nearly 9,000,000 women earning their own living. About 2,000.000 run their own farms. , British manufacturers are beginning to capture the world trade in fittings, clocks, gloves, and to-'S.