IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 22682, 23 June 1937, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1757.—Battle of Plassey. 1775.—First English regatta on th# Thames. 1848.—Rising of Red Republican Party in Paris; in three days’ fighting 10.000 people killed. 1860.—Queen Victoria reviewed 21.000 volunteers in Hyde Park. 1869.—Mr Wise and three other* travelled from St. Louis to New York, a distance of 1,150 miles, in a balloon, 1874. —First degree of Otago Univer* sity conferred on A. H. Williamson. | 1893.—Sir William Fox died. 1 1894. —Duke of Windsor born. 1904. —Japanese repulsed naval sorti* from Port Arthur, with heavy Russian I Josses• 1930.—Earthquake in Southern Italy; 2,000 killed. New Zealand-Notts cricket matcS drawn. Spanish Government declares that Basque country remains unconquered, j Mr Nash proposes that the League of I Nations should force the withdrawal of foreign troops and put Spain under * I League mandate for a year. Dr Goebbels makes inflammatory utterance over the cruiser Leipzig incident. Britain growing impatient in regard to German demands in Spain, j Stormy weather over in Sydney,Flood danger ended. New type of aircraft to be seen at Hendon Royal Air Force display. Aldershot Tattoo visited by $22,000 spectators during the nine days of its . presentation. i Royal Commission suggested in . Britain to draw up plans calculated at least to mitigate the next slump.