IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES, 1843.—Nelson, column and statue in Trafalgar Square, London, completed,: 1847.—Death of Mendelssohn, 1852.—First meeting of Parliament in present House of Commons. 1879. —First vessel, the Brine# Rupert, brought alongside Timam breakwater. 1888.—Foundation stone laid, Muni, cipal Buildings, Port Chalmers. 1894.—The turbine system invented^. 1899.—Colenso evacuated. Lady* smith completely invested by Boers. 1905.—Manifesto signed giving Coni stitution to Finland. 1918.—Versailles Armistice agreoi ment signed. Danzig Nazis charged with outrage# against Jewish population. Street pogrom launched. Nine Spanish insurgent planes bomb Lerida heavily. Bodies of 50 children recovered. Total death roll 120. Pleas made in House of Commons fop modification of Imperial preference,; Co-operation of dominions wanted in arranging trade agreement with America. In British municipal elections Labour succeeds only in London. Party; loses seats in the rest of the country, London Armistice Day service to b« broadcast and televised. Sir Archdale Parkhill, former Australian Minister of Defence, definitely; loses his seat in Parliament. Lord Nuffield gives a further £150,000 to assist in the treatment of cripples.
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Evening Star, Issue 22797, 4 November 1937, Page 1
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169IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 22797, 4 November 1937, Page 1
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