IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1855.-— Responsible government proclaimed in Tasmania. 1853. Responsible government .proclaimed in South Australia. 1863.—Intercolonial Exhibition opened at Melbourne. 1870.—Great firo at Lyttelton; £IOO,OOO damage. 1917. —Austro-German offensive on Izonzo; Italian front broken. 1937.—Jean Batten broke Australia-Eng-land Hying record by 14h lOmin. 1940. —Big Italian force routed by British raiding unit near Eritrean border. 1941. —Germans checked in drive on Moscow. —October 25. — 1415.—Battle of Agincourl. 1809. —Jubilee of George 111. celebrated. 1854. Baltic of Balaclava. 1859.—Royal Charter wrecked. 1872.—Act passed to establish Public Trust. Office. 3877.—Lyttelton water supply turned on. 1900.—Transvaal formally proclaimed part of British Empire. 19001—Death of Sims Reeves, famous tenor; aged 78. 1918. —Ludemlorff, German Commander* in-Chief, resigned. \ Weather brings fighting on Russian front to temporary standstill. German* marking lime and reinforcing positions at 81 alingrad. Genoa heavily bombed by R.A.F. without loss of single plane, Mrs Roosevelt arrives In London, and will he the guest of the King and Queen. Australians make slight advance in New Guinea against fierce resistance. Allied planes attack Japanese wars hips ami transports in Northern Solomons. Nazis threaten to use force to get French workers to Germany. Admiral Darinn's visit to Dakar increases tension in French West Africa,
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Evening Star, Issue 24334, 24 October 1942, Page 1
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201IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 24334, 24 October 1942, Page 1
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