ANNIVERSARIES.
MARCH 16. A.D. 37—Emperor Nero died. 1774—Matthew Flinders born. «LBB9 —Five warships wrecked at Samoa • 150 deaths. 1922 —Independence of Egypt. 1927 —Duke of York welcomed to Ashburton railway station. - 1935 — Conscription in Germany. 1936 Hon. R. -Semple paid first official visit. MARCH 17. 1872 —Whaler Adventurer sunk at Auckland. 1903—First motor-cycle road race in ' Ashburton, at St. Patriok’s Sports. 1917 —British occupied Bapaume. 1926—Aeroplane crash at. Papanui; two deaths.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 133, 16 March 1940, Page 4
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71ANNIVERSARIES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 133, 16 March 1940, Page 4
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