ANNIVERSARIES.
SEPTEMBER 19. 1846—Seat of -Government removed from Bay of Islands to Auckland 189-3—The Electoral Act, 1893, extending franchise to women, passed. 1900—Proclamation of Australian Commonwealth by Queen Victoria. 1918—Allenby’s Palestine offensive started. 1930 Memorial to late Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey unveiled at Point Halswell by Governcr-General, Lord Blcdisloe. 193’5—-Report of Committee of Five on Italian - Abyssinian dispute published. SEPTEMBER 20. 1839—Arrival in Port Nicholson of preliminary expedition of New Zealand Company under Colonel Wakefield. 1853 New Caledonia first occupied by French, 1854 Battle of Alma. 1857—Delhi taken. 1871—Right Rev. J. C. Patterson, Bishop of Melanesia, murdered by natives at Santa Cruz. 1931 -British Parliament decided’ on suspension of gold standard. 1933 —Mrs Annie Besant, thecsophist died.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 290, 19 September 1936, Page 4
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