IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 22449, 21 September 1936, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1832.—Sir Walter Scott died. 1848.—Lord George Bentinck died. 18G6.—H. G. Wells born. 1891.—Passing of Act regulating conditions in factories and workrooms. 1893.—Edward, Stanhope, Secretary of State for Colonies, died. 1921.—Explosion in airline works in Germany; over 1,000 deaths. _ _ ■ 1931.—Forbes-Coates Coalition Government formed. Alcazar, Toledo, in ruins, but rebel defenders doggedly retain position of the citadel. Mr T. Campbell-Black, rioted airman, fatally injured at SpoKn Aerodrome, Liverpool. Many lives lost in hurricane which sweeps American Atlantic seaboard. No cause for anxiety with regard to the Pope’s health. Martial law proclaimed in Japanese concession at Hankow, following murder • of Japanese policeman. _ . Substantial majority of British Labour Party support Governments rearmament programme, Ireland experiences its first “ stay-in ” strike when furniture factory workers down tools. Many tons of old London Bndg* have been built into the new Christ Church, consecrated at Gravesend. Professor Charlie u Needles 3 Wagner, a tato artist of New York, has finished tatooing a bathing suit on to a sailor.