IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1842.—First mayor of Sydney elected. 1847.—Chloroform first used by Sir J. Y. Simpson at Edinburgh. 1855. —First members elected to New Zealand Parliament under responsible Government. 1921. —Disarmament Conference opened at Washington. 1944-.—German battleship Tirpitz sunk by British bombers in Tromso Fiord. President Truman, Mr Attlee, and Mr Mackenzie King resume talks in Washington. Mr Attlee proposes far-reaching plan to pool atomic bomb and ensure world peace. British and Indian troops slowly clearing Sourabaya according to plan. Mr Churchill paying short visit to Paris. Heavy fighting betwene Chinese Government and Communist troops along Great Wall.
Fifteen world trading nations to meet early next year to draw up international trade charter.
Over 2,000,000 American troops carried in British ships during war. Labour fails to obtain clear majority in Victorian elections.
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Evening Star, Issue 25638, 12 November 1945, Page 1
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133IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 25638, 12 November 1945, Page 1
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