IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1880.—General Garfield elected. President of the Wnited States. ; 1887.—Death of Jenny Lind, the famous soprano. , . ■ 1899. —Captain Lorraine lost in balloon ascent from Lancaster Park; balloon fell into sea at Lyttelton Heads. i 1914.—8100dy battles in Flanders; Germans repulsed at Ypres with great slaughter. 1940. —British troops landed in Greece. .1940. —Berlin subjected to heavy raid by It.A.F. 1941. —Battle for Crimea intensified. 1943. —Flying-officer L. A. Trigg, D.F.C,, awarded V.C. for epic action against U-boat. ■ j 1943. —Devastating . air raid on Rabaul; Japanese suffered-heavy losses in warships and .freighters. —November 3. 1855.—First meeting of Nelson Provincial Council. 1871.—Stanley met Livingstone at Ujiji. 1892.—Lancashire . cotton strike; 45,000 idle. 1916.—Italian victory on the Carso; 9,000 prisoners. 1918.—Austria surrendered. . Brighter outlook for clothing position in Britain. , China celebrates Chiang Kai-shek’s sixtieth birthday. Stock market boom in America. ■ Sarawak’s new Governor-General gets cool reception from chiefs. Tribute paid in Colonial Office publication to.loyalty of Solomon Islanders during Pacific war. Jcwislh Agency considered to lack power as well as readiness to deal, with terrorists Ukrainian delegate to United Nations Assembly asserts that freedom of speech is only guise for provoking war. Soviet authorities deporting German doctors and nurses to Russia.
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Evening Star, Issue 25939, 2 November 1946, Page 1
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