IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 23724, 4 November 1940, Page 1

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 Prince Rupert, brought alongside Timaru breakwater. 1883. —Foundation stone laid Municipal Buildings, Port Chalmers. 189 L—The turbine system invented. 1893. —Colonso evacuated ; Ladysmith completely invested by Boers. 1905.—Manifesto signed giving Constitution to Finland. 1918. Versailles armistice agreement signed. 1934. —Charles Ulm lost at sea. British troops in Greece. Establishment of new air aud naval bases. Greek forces making line stand. Invaders pushed well back into Albania in one sector. Admission from Rome that Italians are facing formidable opposition. Italian bombers carry out ruthless attacks on non-combatants. German troop concentrations near Yugoslav border. Berlin subjected to intensive raid by R.A.F. Vital centres in German capital heavily bombed. Axis Foreign Ministers to meet again. Evidence of miscarriage of Hitler’s grandiose schemes. Programme upset by Italian blunder. Gradual weakening of German air effort. Six thousand Nazi airmen killed or taken prisoner since August 8. Italians experience sharp reverse in air battles over Libyan coast. Final stages of American Presidential campaign.