IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1547.—Battle of Pinkie. 1774. —Norfolk Island discovered by Captain Cook. 1842. —Governor Hobson died. 1864.—Maori prisoners escaped from Kawau 1872.—Raniitsinhii born. 1887.—Gunboat Wasp left Singapore, and, •with crew, never again heard of. 1898. —Empress of Austria assassinated at Geneva. 1914.—Rout of the Austrian army m Galicia with the loss of 250,000 killed and wounded, 100,000 prisoners, 400 guns. 1939,—Canada declared war on Germany. London bombed again. Raid lasts for nearly 10 hours. Number of fires started and two hospitals damaged. Hitler engaged in race against English weather. Trying to gain air superiority in week or so. Polish air squadron gives good account of itself in Saturday’s battles over London. Royal Air Force bombs important targets in Hamburg. Germans admit raid. Twenty-two schools operating in Canada under the 'Empire air training scheme. Nazis estimated to have lost 1,688 aircraft from June 17 to September 6. Leased air and naval bases to America by Britain form complete strategic chain. The ‘ Now Zealand Herald’s ’ aeroplane fund has now been closed. The total subscribed was £33,687.
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Evening Star, Issue 23677, 10 September 1940, Page 1
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176IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 23677, 10 September 1940, Page 1
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