IN A NUTSHELL
I anniversaries. ]S44. —‘ Now Zealand Gazette,’ firstnewspaper published in New Zealand, ceased publication. 1857. —Relief of Lucknow. 19U.—Loss of steamer Kairaki off Point Elizabeth; crew drowned. 1915.—Battle of Loos. 1910. —New Zealanders in action at Flers. Fire in Glen Afton coal mine, Huntly, causes death of 11 men. Apprehension in Holland and Belgium that Nazis may strike through their territory. Allies fully prepared to meet any flank attack. Transports carrying British troops reaching France daily. Germany believed to be behind Rumanian assassination plot. Well-known German general killed in action on Polish front. Nazis claim (for the third time) that the eastern campaign is over. Poles still fighting. back and harassing invaders with guerrilla tactics. Mussolini reaffirms Italian neutrality. Deluge of German propaganda in America advocating resistance to President Roosevelt's campaign for arms embargo repeal. Nazi overtures to Turkey. Extent of German concessions to Soviet in Poland arousing wide speculation as to Hitler's price.
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Evening Star, Issue 23380, 25 September 1939, Page 2
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156IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 23380, 25 September 1939, Page 2
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