IN A NUTSHELL
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1692.—Massacre of Glencoe. 1869. —Treacherous murder of Rer, John Whiteley and seven other Europeans at White Cliffs, Taranaki.
1874.—Arrival at Port Chalmers of the Mongal. first direct steamship from Great Britain. 1883.—Wagner died. 1915.—Anglo-French advance . at Givenchv.
Twenty-three bankruptcies were notified in last week’s issue of the Gazette. Seventeen of the number were in the North Island. The English Christinas card custom dates only from about the middle of the last century. A “ bug bourse ” has been established in Berlin where insects are bought and sold .for study. Slogan 30: There is a season for all things, yet it is always seasonable to have cleaning done. For the best Chimney, Carpet, and Vacuum Cleaning, ring 10493. Dunedin Window Celaning Co., 30 King street; Robert Knowles, manager... The light from Sirius, the dog star, is equivalent to about forty times that given off by our sun. The first sheet of,paper is said to have been made from the bark of a mulberry tree in 75 a.d.
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Evening Star, Issue 19789, 13 February 1928, Page 1
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169IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 19789, 13 February 1928, Page 1
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