IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1692.—Massacre of Glencoe. 1869.—Treacherous murder of Rev* John Whit el ey and seven other Europeans at White Cliffs, Taranaki. 1874.—Arrival at Port Chalmers of the Mongol, first direct steamship from Great Britain. 1883.—Wagner died. 1915.—Anglo-French advance at' Gerenchy. —February 14. 1779.—Captain Cook killed at Hawaii. 1797.—Battle Of St. Vincent. 1879. —‘ Marseillaise ’ officially recognised as French National Anthem* 1891.—Death of General Sherman, famous in American Civil War. 1901.—Ring Edward VH. opened his first Parliament. 1909.—North Island main trunk inaugurated. 1915.—Third Reinforcements left New Zealand. 1930.—Death of Sir Thomas Mackenzie. Magnitude of Britain’s defence expenditure causes astonishment in political circles. Rebels make new attack on western part of Madrid. Centenary of use of first propellers for ships marked by exhibition of models, in London. Revealed thlt prisoners in Germany have . been walking out. of their cells at night and returning in morning. Singapore manoeuvres demonstrate value of oversea air patrols. Trotsky issues writ for libel against Swiss Communist paper. Mrs Earhart planning to fly from Oakland to Australia.
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Evening Star, Issue 22572, 13 February 1937, Page 1
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170IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 22572, 13 February 1937, Page 1
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