IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1779.—Captain Cook killed at Hawaii. 1797.—Battle of St. Vincent. 1901.—King Edward VII. opened his first Parliament. 1909.—North Island Main Trunk inaugurated . 1915.—Third reinforcements left New Zealand. : 1930.—Death of Sir Thomas Mackenzie. 1941.—K'.smayu (Italian Somaliland) captured. 1942. —Japanese invaded Sumatra. 1943.—Russians took Rostov. 1943.—Americans suffered reverse at Faid Pass, in Tunisia. At U.N.O. Assembly Mr Bevin describes gravity of world food situation. Calls for united effort and says 1,000,000,000 people may be faced with famine in the next few months. Security Council meets again to discuss Indonesia. New York recommended as interim headquarters of U.N.O. British troops open fire on rioting crowds in Calcutta. America issues Blue Book on Argentine Government's Axis-like activities. One thousand two hundred Australian troops, all war veterans, arrive in Japan. Three Ministers of Egyptian Cabinet resign. I"' ' ■
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Evening Star, Issue 25717, 14 February 1946, Page 1
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135IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 25717, 14 February 1946, Page 1
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