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IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1768. Captain Cook began his first voyage of discoverv. 1845.—First steamer (Great Britain) crossed the Atlantic. 18C6.—Eirsl, Cook Strait cable laid. 1878.—Christchurch and Dunedin joined by rail. 1883. —Krakalea eruption, folio-wed by tidal wave, in Slraiis of Sunda; towns destroyed ami 60,000 lives lost. 1819. —Prince Albert (Prince Consort) bom. 1914. —B,villi! of Tauncnbcrg. 1940. —R.A..F. bombed armament factories in Berlin in thrce-liour raid. 1940. —Another 46 German pianos do- ' slroyed in attacks on Britain. Big naval and air battle develops in the j Solomons area. Japanese apparently attempting to re- | • take lost territory. | ‘ American forces inflict damage on tho ] enemy, including four direct hits on air- ( craft carrier. , Germans make further progress in drive 1 for Stalingrad. { Battle raging with unabated fury. ( Russians stage counter-attack 100 miles t from Grozny oilfields p British bombers over targets on the Upper r Rhine. 1: Ri: Hon. Pclei Eraser arrives in United , s Slates in response to invitation from Pro- ! j sidont Roosevelt. | T ~' " ~ i.

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Evening Star, Issue 24283, 26 August 1942, Page 1

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167

IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 24283, 26 August 1942, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 24283, 26 August 1942, Page 1

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