IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1799.—Death of George Washington. 1835.—Bank of Australasia established. 1861.—Death of Prince Consort. 1878.—Death of Princess Alice, second daughter of Queen Victoria. 1895.—Birth of Duke of York. 1911.—Captain Amundsen in Fram reached South Pole. 1914.—Serbs retook Belgrade, 1914.—Second Reinforcements left New Zealand. I,92o.—Roslyii tramways municipalised. Tho Canadian harvest has yielded 558 million bushels of wheat, 319 million bushels of oats, and 91 million bushels of barley. A new German cruiser to bo constructed at Kiel is to bo electrically welded, no rivets being used in any part of tho ship. Tho single second-class faro by Eireoplano from London to Paris is now £3 15s. The cheapest second-class fare by rail and boat is £2 Os 3d. Experience of Scoullar and Chisholm’s Furniture is that it is the cheapest in tho city. Test it for yourselves.... There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, ,in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.—Mr G. K. Chesterton. If you put your eggs in another man’s basket you do not know how he is carrying it. I would rather carry my own eggs.—Mr Selfridgo.
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Evening Star, Issue 20049, 14 December 1928, Page 1
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204IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 20049, 14 December 1928, Page 1
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