IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 22456, 29 September 1936, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1758. —Lord Nelson born. 1829.—London metropolitan polio# first on duty. 1868.—Spain in hands of®revolution-' aries; Queen Isabella 11. deposed. 1884.—Lord Wolesley set put from Cairo to relieve Gordon at Khartum. 1898.—Death of Queen of Denmark, mother of Queen Alexandra. 1918.—Bulgaria surrendered. 1918. —Hindgnburg Line smashed} Allies advance on all sectors. # Rebels capture Toledo. City in ruin*. German airmen reported to hav# landed planes in Seville. Portugal decides to join Non-inter-vention Committee in London. Emergency measures for Palestine approved by King. Lord Rothermere supports provision of £4,000,000 loan for subsidising British shipping in Pacific. Budge defeats Perry in final of Pacifia South-west lawn tennis tournament. Queensland boxer, Ron Richards, outpoints the Mexican, A 1 Romero, in Sydney Stadium. • This year Russia has experienced th* 1 hottest summer for 50 years. For every man or woman unemployed in Great Britain, there are workinc. Forestry in Britain finds work fop 3,000 persons in summer and 4.000 in winter. The number of horse drinking-troughs in London is increasing; it is now about 450 ■ , Horses are the cheapest form of transport in Britain over distances up to three miles, according to one expert.