ANNIVERSARIES.
SEPTEMBER 11. 1852—Death of Duke of Wellington. 1854 —Allied troops landed at Crimea. 1857—Storming of Delhi. 1859—First livestock shoAV held 'in Canterbury, at Mr -B. Moorhouse’s, Shepherd’s Bush, Rangitata. 1878 —First annual ploughing match held at Chert.sey. 1882- —Egyptian War ; Cairo occupied by British troops. 1901 —Death of President McKinley. 1914—5.5.- Carmania: sank German ship Cape Trafalgar. 1922 —Smyrna fire. 1926 Sensational incident in. Hyde Park, when it was alleged that King Edward VIII. was threatened by a man with revolver. 1939 —French troops and tanks cross Moselle Raver to attack German territory. SEPTEMBER 15, 1789—Fenimore Cooper born. 1840—Town of Auckland founded. •\* 1881—Death of William Sefton Moorhouse. 1916—Battle of the Somme; heavy NeAV Zealand casualties ; . first use of tanks. 1927 Summer Time Bill passed New Zealand Parliament. 1932—State of Manchukno recognised. 193-3—Severe earthquake at Gisborne and Wairoa. 1938—Neville Chamberlain flies to -Munich to attempt reconciliation of Hitler with Czechoslovakia.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 290, 14 September 1940, Page 4
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