IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 22881, 12 February 1938, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1809.7-Birth of Abraham Lincpln. 1809.'—Charles Darwin born. 1851.—r Gold discovered in Australia. 1877. —Telephone invented by, Gra* ham Bell, , 1878. First sale at Burnside yards* 1889.—Duke of Connaught laid foun* > datidn stone of Assouan Dam. 1909.—Steamer Penguin wrecked near Wellington; 75 lives lost. 1912.—Chinese , Throne abdicated* Republic accepted. 1935.—American airship Macon da* stroyed in storm. . ■ —February 13. 1692.—Massacre at Glencoe. 1869.—Treacherous murder of Rev, John Whiteley and seven other Euro* peans 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 ‘ af Givenchy. i Empire Games conclude to-day. _ Another large crowd at Wiqgatur. _ ■ ■ Next Empire Games to he held in' 1 Canada. , . Sixtieth anniversary celebrations ofi Broad Bay School. ’ Four New Zealand cadets for military training in Australia. Man crashes through skylight t<# evade arrest in gaming-house raid. New Rumanian Coalition Cabinet,ha* tendency towards the Right. Some observers consider that King; . Carol will be urged to establish a per* sonal dictatorship. Experience of Scoullar and Chisholm Fun* niture is that it is the cheapest in the ! city. Test it for yourself.—fAdvt.l 8.8.0. broadcast account of unres§ in German Army resented in Berlin. _ Leaders of British Everest expedi* ; tion, Messrs Tilman and Shipman, ar* rive in India. • Unionists have sweeping victory itt the Ulster elections. ' . ! Ten thousand Japanese trooprf rushed to Nanking to reinforce the garrison after surprise attack, by Chinese. . Field-marshal von Blomberg, who hal been honeymooning in Italy, ordered tl return to Germany for a year. ■ Thirty-six lives lost in fire which breaks , out during wedding feast in Yugoslavian village.