ANNIVERSARIES.
NOVEMBER 5. 1605—Gunpowder Plot (Guy Fawkes Day). 1854—Battle of Inker man. 1884 —J. E. Flecker born. 1914 —Britain declared war on Turkey. 1918 —General Foeh placed in special command to carry through armistice in military fashion. 192 C‘ —Nigbtmarch won the Melbourne Cup. 1936 —Ashburton Diamond Jubilee Show. NOVEMBER 6. 1854 —Florence- Nightingale with British nurses landed at Scutari. 1860I—Abraham 1 —Abraham Lincoln elected President of the United-States. Paderewski horn. 1867 —First Parliament of Dominion of Canada met. 1870—Sir Herbert Samuel born. LS76 —Opening of Oamaru-Moeraki railway. 1893 —Tsehaikovsky died. 1917—Battle of Passchendaele. 1923 —Police strike in Melbourne; crowds raidted shops - and caused damage estimated at £1,000,000. 1928 —Hoover elected U-8-A. President. 1935—Marriage of Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Montague Douglas-Scott.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 22, 5 November 1938, Page 4
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