IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. r 1769.—Captain Cook first sighted New Zealand. 1803, —First convicts arrived at Port Phillip. .1830.—Commencement of the “ Black Line ”• in Tasmania, to drive aborigines on to Tasman Peninsula. 1 1849.—Edgar Allan Poo died. 1894.—0 vV. Holmes died. 1914.—Antwerp evacuated. 1916. —British capture Le Sara. 1916.—Raid off American coast by submarine U 53 Japan issues blunt warning to America not to interfere in Pacific. Strong reply from American Navy Secretary, Dictators compelled to recast war plans. Forced tc face unwelcome prospect of long conflict. R.A.F continues heavy attacks on key centres in Germany and occupied territories. Great Krupps factory at Essen receives special hammering. German night raids on Britain proving less effective. Italian troop movements on Greek frontier. British factories in full production despite continuous raids. Occupied countries scientifically plundered I by Nazis. 1
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Evening Star, Issue 23700, 7 October 1940, Page 1
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137IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 23700, 7 October 1940, Page 1
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