IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1769.—Captain Cook landed at Poverty Bay on liis first visit. 1813.—Wellington's army entered Franco. 1866. First Act passed to impose stamp duties in New Zealand. 1871.—(Treat Chicago tire. 1879.—Sir John Hall became Premier. 1887.—Major It. Atkinson became Premier. 3890—Government Printing Office, Wellington, destroyed by lire. 3895. —X-rays discovered by Konlgni. 1900.—Cook Islands annexed by the Governor of New Zealand (Lord Ranfurly). 1922.—New Zealand soldiers’ memorial ab Longue villa France, unveiled. New Nazi move in Balkans. German forces enter Rumania.
London experiences unusually quiet night. Large-scale attacks resumed in daylight. Houses of Parliament damaged by bomb in recent raid. Hundreds of windows blown in. Two peers and several officials slightly injured.
Mass production of powerful new bombers and long-range lighters for 11.A.F. Gorman Air Force suffers heavy losses in past week. Group of prominent. Americans upholds British blockade of Europe. Polain Government denies foreign reports that, Axis invited it to declare war on Britain. ‘ '
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Evening Star, Issue 23701, 8 October 1940, Page 1
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157IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 23701, 8 October 1940, Page 1
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