ANNIVERSARIES.
NOVEMBER 27. 1805—Te Pehi, Maori chief from Bay of Islands, visited Sydney. 1809—Fanny Kemble born. 1863—First railw-ay completed in New Zealand, at Southland. ■ ■ 1878—Sir W. Orpen born. .1915—Lord Kitchener visited Anzac front. 1916—Two German airships brought down in England. NOVEMBER 28. 1757—William Blake born. 1814—Brig Active left Sydney with the Rev. Samuel Marsden and other missionaries. 1842—Town at Whanganui named Petre. 1885—Mandalay occupied. 1859—Washington Irving died. 1893—General election and first occasion on which w-omen exercised the franchise. 1899—Battle of Modder River. 1918—Kaiser signed Act of Abdication.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 41, 27 November 1937, Page 6
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