IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 22146, 28 September 1935, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

‘ANNIVERSARIES. ; —September 28. 1841. —Sir William Martin appointed Chief Justice of New Zealand. 1852.—General French horn. 1862. —First .'stone laid of arch of Lyttelton tunnel. 1895.—Pasteur, famous chemist, died, 1902—Emile .Zola, French writer, died. 1909—Tug Duco lost with all hands. 1918.—Bulgarian request for armistice refused. —September 29. • 1/58.—Lord Nelson born. 1829.—London Metropolitan Polio* first on duty. _ • i 1868—Spain in the hands of revolutionists and Queen Isabella 11. deposed, 1875—Act passed abolishing pro. vinces. 1884.—Lord Wolseley set out front Cairo to relieve Gordon at -Khartum, 1898.—Death of Queen of Denmark* mother of Queen Alexandra. 1918.—Bulgaria surrendered. Summertime comes into force-at 3 a.in. to-morrow. Italian Press states that Italy preserves the fullest liberty of action, which she will use according to her own interests. High gold reef valued at £280.000,000 discovered in South Africa. The * Daily Mail ’.states that Britain is shortly to embark on big naval programme. In England first-class roads arc _so expensive to build that a car travelling at 60 miles an hour will cover a stretch worth £IO,OOO in a minute. The average man talks at a rate of 100 words a minute, and for two hours out of every 24: This means approximately 4,500,000 words a year,.