ANNIVERSARIES.
SEPTEMBER 30. 1832 —Earl Roberts of Khandahar horn (died November 14, 1914). 1839 —ColoneL Wakefield took possession of Port Nicholson for New Zealand Company. 1918—Fall of Damascus. 1930—-Earl of Birkenhead died. ' OCTOBER 1. 1834—First British troops engaged in New Zealand. H.M.S. Alligator shelled Waimate Pa. 1860 —Charles Broughton (Government interpreter) murdered by Hauhaus at Otoio, Patea. 1 1877—Death of Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. 1855 —Sixpenny telegrams introduced in England. 1923: —Imperial Conference in London. 1929—(Diplomatic relations with Russia resumed.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 299, 30 September 1939, Page 4
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