ANNIVERSARIES.
AUGUST 1. 17,14 —Queen Anno died. ■ 1831—London Bridge opened. 1834—Negro slavery abolished in British Dominions. 1867—Thames Goldfield, New Zealand, proclaimed. 1878 —Declaration of Ashburton as a Borough published in the Gazette. 1885 — New Zealand Industrial Exhibition opened at Wellington. 1886 — Kermadec Island annexed. 1914 —Germany declared Avar on Russia Sir ‘ Ernest Shackletoii left England in the Eudnranoe for the ‘South' Pole. 1934—N.Z. Reserve Bank began business.
1939 —Fire in Invercargill Hospital
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 252, 1 August 1940, Page 4
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72ANNIVERSARIES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 252, 1 August 1940, Page 4
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