ANNIVERSARIES.
JUNE 14. ' 1645—Battle of Nascby. ■ • 1800 —Battle of Marenzo. 1873 —Arrival of Governor, Sir J. Fergusson. 1883 —Railway, Sydney to Melbourne, completed. •' • ' 1919 —Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant A. 'Whitten Brown made first Atlantic flight, leaving Newfoundland and landing at Olifden, Ireland. 1929 —First aeroplane landed at Rongotai, Wellington. 1936 —G. K. Chesterton died. .. 1939 —Japanese blockade of British and French concessions at Tientsin commenced. .
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 211, 14 June 1940, Page 4
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