IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 22457, 30 September 1936, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

•ANNIVERSARIES. 1832.—Birth of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts. 1839. Colonel Wakefield took possession. of Fort Nicholson for the New Zealand Company. 1840. —Foundations laid of Nelson Column, Trafalgar Square. 1874. —Fiji ceded to Great Britain. 1890.—Kinley Tariff Bill passed by United States. 1900. —Governor of New Zealand left to annex Cook and other South Sea islands. 1901. —Brocksman, ex-Public Prosecutor in Johannesburg, shot for high treason. 1918.—Fall of Damascus. Manukau by-election to-day. Fighting continues on outskirts of Toledo. Naval duel occurs in Straits of Gibraltar. British reservists rally promptly to call for Palestine reinforcements. Start made in air race to Johannes, burg. ■ Death announced of Admiral William Sims, who commanded United States Navy during Great War. Fourteen people killed in two Italian aeroplane crashes. East-bound, air liuer Athena destroyed by fire at Delhi. Passenger* and crew safe. Don Alfonso Carlos, pretender to Spanish throne, fatafly injured by motor car in Austria. French embargo on gold export* announced. Negroes danced in modern “ jazz ’* style 3,300 years ago ; this is shown by carvings recently discovered in Egypt.Modern fashions, such as closerfitting dr-sses and short hair, are two factors which are reducing accidents in factories. Recruiting for the Territorial Army in Britain is said to be better in thos# districts where means of entertainment are scarce. Sunday’s toll of fatal road accident# in Britain is very low. Less than 18 per cent, of the week’s fatalities happen on that day. The trustees of Milton* s Cottage at Chalfont St. Giles are appealing for £1,200 to buy a field to savo the beauty of the cottage.