IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 23694, 30 September 1940, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

I f i ■l'„ ■ i , ".mi ..■■■■■■ anniversaries. 1832. Birth of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts. 1839. —Colonel Wakefield took possession of Port Nicholson for the New Zealand Company. 1840. —Foundation laid of Nelson Column, Trafalgar Square. 1874. —Fiji ceded to Great Britain. 1890.—M‘Kinlcy Tariff Bill passed by United States. 1900. Governor of New Zealand loft to annex Cook and other South Sea Islands. 1901. —Brocksman, cx-Public Prosecutor in Johannesburg, shot for high treason. 1918.—Fall of Damascus. Indications that American answer to AxisJapanese alliance may take the form of increased aid to Britain. Japan anxious for; rapprochement with Russia. China assured of continued Russian aid against Japan, according to Chungking officials. Flotilla of American destroyers acquired by Britain completes uneventful voyage across Atlantic. British bombers cause further devastation in Channel ports and military objectives in Germany. Berlin again subjected to night raids. Aerial bomb bursting near bus causes first casualties among New Zealand troops in England. Free French forces fighting with British units in North Africa. Italian demands on Syria revealed. Japanese secure new naval base in IndoCbina Opposition Loader retains seat in Federal elections. Britain protests strongly against ill-treat-ment of arrested nationals in Rumania. Italian sources predict Spain’s early entry ' into war. .