IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1622.—Sir Francis De Sales died. 1826.—South Australia founded1879.—Tay Bridge disaster; tram and 400yds of structure swept into sea by hurricane; 75 lives lost. The great bell of St. Paul’s Cathedral cast in 1881, weighs Yl\ tons. “ Big Ben,” in Westminster, weighs 13 tons. Over a million and a-quarter boxes of apples arrived at British ports from North America in a fortnight recently. For his special trains the Kipg of Britain pays 13s' 4d a mile, in addition to first-clasg fares for; all passengers.
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Evening Star, Issue 20060, 28 December 1928, Page 1
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87IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 20060, 28 December 1928, Page 1
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