IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 20062, 31 December 1928, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. —December 31. 1874.—Wreck of Surat at Nuggets. 1877-—lmperial order .of Crown of of India for ladies instituted., 1881. —Newgale disused as an ordinary prison. 1882. —Death of Gainbctte, exdircclor of France. —January I. 1801.—Union of Great Britain and Ireland effected. 1848.—Captain Grey sworn in as Govcrnor-in-Chief of New Zealand. 1862. —First cricket against English team in Australian (Melbourne). 1863. —First Caledonian games on the Grange estate. 1867.—Stamp duties imposed. 1873.—Opening of Port Chalmers railway by Sir G. Bowen. 1876.—Formal transfer of water works to Dunedin Corporation. 1901.—Commonwealth of Australia founded.' • ' . I,9oß.—Nimrod (Antarctic expedition sailed from Lyttelton. The latest types of aircraft engines could run for 300 hours without overhaul, and could thus cover 30,000 miles at cruising speed. In this world I’ve gained my knowledge; And for it I’ve had to pay; For, although I tlevcr went to college! I’m told that poets say: Drink Dewar's Imperial...... The remains of a hippopotamus believed to be 10,000 years old have been found in the bed of the Vaal River, in South Africa. Presidents of the United States are elected for a terra of four, years. The President of the French Republic is elected for seven years.