IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1540.—Jesuit Order founded. 1810.—Wellington won the Battle of Bnsaco. 1825.—Opening of first railway in England —Stockton to Darlington. 1878. —Heavy tloods in Clutha district. 1887.—General Elections; Sir Julius Vogel and Mr W. B. Perceval returned for Christchurch. 1913.—Slcamer Tyrone wrecked at Waliino Point, near Otago Heads. 1916.—Allies occupy Cornbles. 1918.- Himlenburg line broke at Cambrai. 1920. —Eord Jellicoc sworn in as GovernorGeneral. 1922. —Revolution in Greece; King Constantino forced to abdicate; Grown Prince accepts throne. 1939. —Warsaw surrenders; city in ruins. Another big R.A.F. raid on Berlin. Industrial centres bombed. America reported to liavo promised aid to Indo-Cbina. Hostilities cease. French planes bomb Gibraltar. A small ship sunk. Nazis issue decree abolishing Norwegian royal house. Britain to buy whole of African cocoa crop, including that of Free French colonies. Preference votes in Federal elections favour Government. London’s barrage drives off nineteenth night attack, Tokio reports state that Italy is joining the Japanese-German defensive alliance.
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Evening Star, Issue 23692, 27 September 1940, Page 1
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158IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 23692, 27 September 1940, Page 1
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