IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 22475, 21 October 1936, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1773 —Captain Cook made his third visit to New Zealand. 1802. —Gamevo made the first parachute descent in England. 1805.—Battle of Trafalgar and death of Nelson 1832.—Death of Sir Walter Scott. 1855.—Dunedin gaol burnt. 1890. —Responsible Government proclaimed in Western Australia. 1899.—Battle of Elandslaagte. 1899. —First New Zealand contingent sailed for South Africa. 1906.—Dunedin railway station opened. ' 1922.—Mr Bonar Law, Leader of th# Conservative Party, formed a Government and announced early dissolution and general elections, 1930 —Mine disaster at Alsdorf, Gew many; 260 killed.

General Franco mobilises tanks with which he proposes to clear streets of Madrid. , President Azana and four Cabinet Ministers arrive in Barcelona. M. Blum’s attempt to rally the Popular Front receives rebuff from Radical Socialists of Toulouse. . North German coast swept by hum* cane. Huge seas pound Heligoland. Cunard-White Star Company does not wish to accept cup that goes with Blue Riband of Atlantic. Shower of meteors falls in Newfoundland. , . Belgian Rexist Party plans demonstration in Brussels on October 25. Mrs Schade, wife of a Danish author, recentlv began a pram-wheeling walk of 300' miles. In the pram was her one-vear-old son Two Italian companies are to be formed to exploit Abyssinian cattle, of which it is estimated there are 20,000,000 bead. ' , Robert Pershing W adlow. aged 18. of Illinois United States, measures Bft sin in height—and is still growing. Ho weighs 30at.