IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 22444, 15 September 1936, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. : 1840.—Auckland founded. 1881.—Death of William Sefton Moorhouse. 1883.—Arthur Henry Hallum died. 1891.—Floods in Spain; 3,000 drowned in Toledo province. 1914.—First Aisne Battle begun. 1916.—Somme Battle begun; heavy New Zealand casualties at Flers; first use of tanks. I Musselburgh resident reaches the age of 102 years to-day. On October 19 Arbitration Court will hear argument on the basic wage. German anti-Bolshevist campaign takes more ominous turn. Martial spirit predominant. Bandits attack Japanese troop train in China. Twenty-five troops killed and 65 injured. Prosperous wool season predicted by ‘ Financial News,’ London. Lanarkshire “stay-in” strikers return to surface of mines. Trial of M‘Mahon, central figure in Hyde Park Corner incident, commences. in Old Bailey. Disorderly demonstrations occur in Gibraltar, following decision to close refugees’ camp. Fred Henneberry retains Australian middle-weight boxing title by defeating the American negro, Tom Jones. In New South Wales hard court tennis final MacGrath defeats Crawford. The used-car trade in England employs 200,000 people. In Britain town-dwellers are stated to be bigger than countrymen, on the average. Rabbits and fireare the two greatest dangers which Britain’s newly-planted forests have to face. Radium is everlasting, and its marvellous curative powers are not diminished by either usage or time.