IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 22442, 12 September 1936, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. ’ J x ■■ —September 12.—« )■ 1819.—Marshal Blucher died. 1852.—Lord Asquith born. 1854.—h'irst railway opened in View toria, from Melbourne to Port Melbourne. 1870.—Now Zealand University established. 1914.—Explosion at Ralph’s mine, bluntly; 43 lives lost. 1918.—American troops took St, Mihiel salient. —September 13.—* 1759. —Quebec captured by British f death of Wolfe. ; 1882.—Battle of Tel-el-Keber; Arabi Pasha defeated by British. 1933. —Mrs M'Combs first woman to enter New Zealand Parliament., elected; Lyttelton by-election. Rebels gradually encircling Madrid, Efforts of Government forces to drive wedge between attackers futile. Prime Minister of Australia, in reply to trade unions’ request for funds to help loyalists, appeals for neutrality. Great landslides in India. Seven Himalayan villages wiped out. Dr Goebbels calls on Europe to en. gage in a crusade against Bolshevism under German leadership._ Australian Board of Cricket Control seeking help of police in the control of barracking at test matches. Gene Sarazen, with 70, takes lead m South Australian centenary open golf championship. . . Hotel accommodation is already being booked in London for the Coronation week next year by Americans, who are anxious not to miss this great event. ■ Owing to the shortage of rubber ia Germany old rubber or rubber waste is to be collected and sold through the intervention of a State department. . , A 960 z solid gold nugget, valued at £SOO, which has been found at Eerstel. ing, Northern Transvaal, is believed to be the biggest ever discovered in the region. . Another step strengthening the ties between Japan and Siam has been taken by the formation of a sugar company in Siam, half the capital of which is Japanese.