ANNIVERSARIES.
SEPTEMBER 28. 1852—-Viscount French of Ypres born (died May 22, 1925). 1862—-First stone laid of arch of Lyttelton tunnel. 1870—Strasburg capitulated. 187S—Balclutha submerged. 1895—Death of Pasteur, famous chemist 190-I—Paderewski in Ashburton. 1914 Attack on Antwerp began. 7 1915 Battle of Kut El Am a fa. 1931—Viscount Snowden resigned from British Cabinet on tariff issue. 1935—First defeat of All Blacks on English tour, Swansea winning 11-3. 1938—State of emergency in Britain following Czech rejection of Hitler’s terms presented to Chamberlain on second visit to Germany. Air raid precautions in L-ondou. SEPTEMBER 29. 1758—Lord Nielson born. - •' I.B44—Norfolk Island annexed to Van Diemen’s Land. 1874—Fiji ceded-'to Great Britain, 1918—Bulgaria surrendered •. 1938—Chamberlain, Daladier, Jtitler and Mussolini met in Munich in four-Power conference which averted war. Czechosloslovakia agrees to terms under duress. v
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 302, 28 September 1940, Page 4
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