IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1653. —Cromwell made Lord Protector. 1770.—Beethoven born. 1809. —Napoleon I. and Empress Josephine divorced. 1850.—First Canterbury settlers arrived at Lyttelton. 1864.—Corner stone of Christchurch Cathedral laid by Bishop Harper. 1904. —Funeral of ex-President Kruger at Pretoria. 1914. —Germans bombarded West Hartlepool. 1915. —Sir D. Haig took command of British forces in France. —December 17. 1807. —“ Milan Decree ” forbidding commercial intercourse with England issued by Napoleon. 1854. —First Australian exhibition opened at Melbourne. 1860.—Bronze coinage authorised instead of copper. 1903. —Wright brothers’ first flight at Kitty Hawk, U.S.A. 1907. —Lord Kelvin died. 1929. —Manuka wrecked. Expert examination of the damage to the Graf Spee reveals that she is navigable, but one battery of llin guns is out of action. I ■Montevideo workers refuse to work for any company undertaking repairs. Exeter to dry dock at Argentina naval base for repairs. Several air encounters over North Sea. British planes come.off best. Soviet troops reach Norwegian frontier in Finland. Snow coloured crimson with blood of Russian losses.
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Evening Star, Issue 23451, 16 December 1939, Page 15
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168IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 23451, 16 December 1939, Page 15
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