IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1859.—First sod ‘ of .Suez Canal turned. 1861.—Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as President of the United ■ States. 1861.—Gold discovered at Lindis. 1882.—Electric trams first tried in London. 1890,—Forth Bridge opened. 1901.—William McKinley inaugurated as President of the United States. 1909.—Shackleton left McMurdo. Sound in the Nimrod for Lyttelton. 1933.—Roosevelt becomes President of the United .States.
President Truman to seek permission to sell arms to Greece and Turkey. Palestine situation described as tense. British sceptical of agreement ■ being reached at Moscow Conference.
Anglo-French Alliance to be signed at Dunkirk to-day. • Survey by American newspaper correspondents indicate Canada to be only country in which private enterprise is still free. ■ Alarming growth in the employment of slave labour in many lands. Eruption of Etna reaching serious proportions.
No settlement yet of Australian mining dispute.
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Evening Star, Issue 26041, 4 March 1947, Page 1
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133IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 26041, 4 March 1947, Page 1
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