IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1819—Marshal Blucher died. 1852.—Right Hon. H. H. Asquith horn. 1854,, —First railway opened in Victoria, from Melbourne to Port Melbourne. 1870.—New Zealand University established. . . _ . 1914. —Explosion at Ralph s Mine, Huntley; 43 lives lost. 1918.—American troops abolish St. Michael Salient. R.A.F. hits back at Berlin. Potsdam railway station in centre of German capital heavily bombed. Reichstag among buildings hit. Considerable damage done. Nazi raids on London now accepted as routine. Public showing great calm and courage in the face of many ordeals. Indiscriminate bombing of Jewish city of Tel-Aviv by Italians. Japanese troops concentrated on IndoChina border. Japanese volcano in eruption. Villages and crops destroyed.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19400912.2.3
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Evening Star, Issue 23679, 12 September 1940, Page 1
Word count
Tapeke kupu
109IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 23679, 12 September 1940, Page 1
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in