IN A NUTSHELL
" '[ ANNIVERSARIES. 1788.—British flag hoisted in Australia. 1883.—New Zealand Shipping Company inaugurated service between England and Dominion. 1885— Khartum captured; General Gordon killed. 1888.—May Queen wrecked at Lyttelton 1915.—Turkish advance on Egypt. 1941.—Marsha! Graziani. commander-in j nhief of Italian forces in Africa, dismissed. 1942.—8ig Japanese convoy attacked in Macassar Straits; heavy losses inflicted on miemy. 1943.—Announcement of momentous 10 day conference at Casablanca between Mr Churchill and President Roosevelt. —January 27. 1859,-Birth of ex-Kaiser Wilhelin til. 1860.—Dr Stuart arrived by Bosworth. 1866.—General Chute's march behind Mount Egmont ended. 1901.—Death of Verdi, operatic com poser. 1944.—Leningrad blockade ended. 1945.—Auckland railway strikers re sumed. Security Council to meet on Monday to discuss situations in Greece, Indonesia, and Persia. Mr Eraser and M. Gromyko have heatetl words in General Committee. Still some delay in forming Frenqh Government. Rioting continues in Bombay. Police fire ■on crowds. American radar experts make contact with moon. Revealed in speech by Mr Churchill in House of Commons in April, 1942, that 100,000 Singapore defenders 6urrended to 30,000 Japanese. French prosecutor at Nuremberg continues story of Nazi atrocities in Western Europe Most areas in Java reported to be quiet.
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Evening Star, Issue 25701, 26 January 1946, Page 1
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192IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 25701, 26 January 1946, Page 1
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