IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1770.—C.aptain Cook sighted the Australian coast. 1824. —Lord Byron died. 186-I.—Acclimatisation Society formed in Christchurch. 1881. —Lord Beaeousfield died. 1832. —diaries Robert Darwin, naturalist and scientist, died. 1883.—Parliament House, Quebec, destroyed by lire. 1893.—Cheviot Estate taken over by tho Government. 1906.—Professor Curie, joint discoverer of radium, killed in street accident in Paris. 1917. French gained crest of ridge north of the Aisne. —April 20 1327.—Copper discovered in Tasmania. 1851.—Freedom of City of London presented lo Garibaldi. 1888.—Rescript by Pope, condemning Irish plan of campiiign '' and boycotting. 1893.—President M'Kiuley sent ultimatum to Spain regarding the situation in Cuba. 1908.—Railway disaster at Sunshine, Victoria ; 44 killed' and 140 injured. 1928.—Earthquake in Bulgaria; town of Philippopolis destroyed. Bloody battle raging in Greece. Anzacs holding particularly hot sector. Enemy suffering tremendous casualties. German advances in Libya brought to standstill Heaviest R.A F. raid of war on Berlin. New high -explosive bombs dropped in centre of Nazi capital. Recent: war news shakes complacency of section of British people. America, reported to be short of anti-air-craft guns.
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Evening Star, Issue 23864, 19 April 1941, Page 1
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175IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 23864, 19 April 1941, Page 1
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