... 1934: Joseph Aloysius Hansom patented the first “safety cab”. 1848: The London Nustrated News published its first Christmas supplement. 1886: Vanity Fair author William Thackeray died, age 52. 1888: Dutch post- impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh cut ...

... Story of the Christmas card A CHRISTMAS card is an accepted way to send seasonal greetings,but who thought up the idea? Ironically the card evolved 147 years ago through Sir Henry Cole's lapse of memory. A close friend of the Prince Consort and founder ...

... the new Chapel of | [T 'of the Bowes Museum and for- ’IVHE new Hire Purchase Act s a::nzrn&.ra Fbei:::]:;oc :rr.e:;rtfhewmpoae. c;alrle R:ag. :’:‘m‘c':.::“:,’emfi] ) 'merly curator of Bankneld' takes effect on Friday and *s. F. Loveloek, London, to Susan ...

... Quick check of what’s on CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE BRIV BAR BB AL OBV RAL ARV LLLBERLLRRNLEAED T‘HE highlight of CHRISTMAS nizht on BBC 1 is a two-hour variety show, “Christmas Night with the Stars.” It includes Wilfred Brambell and Harry H.Corbett ...

... CHRISTMAS COMMODITIES. VICAR CHARGED. A TRIP TO LONDON And the Incidents that Followed BANDS & BANDSMEN LOCAL JOTTINGS. Care for the Youngsters. Quiet Season Problems. There is much at this time of the year which should give some concern and interest ...

... New Zealand election in November Wellington, Wednesday. | The New Zealand Prime Min-| ister, Mr. Keith Holyoake, an-| nounced in the House of Representatives today that a General Election would be held on November 30* this year. | Mr. Holyoake's National ...

... 7, 238 & 97, OLBORN, LONDON. the grave, and followed them into b Eis- . Banis the-curen rs Eliz. caremonial g +d threes and fours the vast crowd| ington at the inauguration of P, / the graveside, to look at the|the Republic of the United States, fin which ...

... Your four-page Evening News district news supplement if you'vo“g‘oi 'nevn from fidmlfion oonhct our correspondent Mrs Desiree Ramsay, 36 Stone Quarry Road, Burniston, tel 870223, S PARISH COUNCIL. Councillors welcomed Inspector Les Wing who spoke about ...

... it as a Russian Jew starting a new life in New York, but finding the American dream is not easy to achieve. A trip to the lighter side follows with what has now bzcome a Christmas tradition and treat with Ayckbourn’s new family show, This has been written ...

... The Timothy Evans inquiry in the High Court, London, did not sit today. 7 Yesterday, the 12th day of the inquiry, Mr. E, W, Eveleigh, Q.C., for the Treasury Solicitor, said that new evidence in the form of a hand-written document for Christie had come ...

... Halifax, last night. The talk was illustrated with slides. Mrs. A. J. Ansley presl:i‘deg and the pianist was Miss E. ark. Christmas dinner.—Members of Tuel Lane Methodist Church, Sowerby Bridge, had their Christmas dinner at_ Colden Row. Hepwnstall. ...

... substantial reduction on the premium a forinight ago. Thousands of Christmas Trees The Christmas market has started in Covent Garden in the setting of a German forest. More than 13,000 Christmas trees are thare which a few days ago clothed the slopes of the ...