IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1769.—Captain Cook first sighted New Zealand. . 1803.—First convicts arrived at Fort Phillip. „ , , 1830—Commencement of the “Black Lino” in Tasmania to drive aborigines on to Tasman Peninsula. 1849. —Edgar Allan Poe died. 1894.—0. AV. Holmes died. 1914.—Antwerp evacuated. 1916.—British capture Lo Sars. 1916.—Raid off American coast by submarine U 53. Japanese Press launches hitter attack on Britain, which is accused of assisting China with aeroplanes. Lull in Shanghai fighting. Invaders clearing up trenches and strengthening communications. Archbishop of Canterbury presides over Albert Hall meeting which protests against air bombing of civilians. President Roosevelt’s speech condemning Japanese aggression wins unanimous approval in British, American, and French Press. Dutch piano crashes in East Indies. Three members of crow killed and seven passengers injured, none seriously. Number of English Channel passenger ships to be increased.._ Jews and Aryans to sit in separate benches at AVar.saw University,
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Evening Star, Issue 22773, 7 October 1937, Page 1
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146IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 22773, 7 October 1937, Page 1
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