ANNIVERSARIES.
NOVEMBER 23. 1616 —Richard Hakluyt died. 1855 —Responsible Government in Vietoriai proclaimed. . 1864—Wellington became capital ,of
New Zealand. 1926 —Imperial Conference closed'. 1939 —Appointment of Major-General s B. O. Freyberg, V. 0., as commander of New Zealand Forces, announced. British armed merchant cruiser, Rawalpindi, sunk by . German. warships. ' v . - ~ " \ Revealed that Germans dropped mines by parachute. NOVEMBER ~ t .j 1642 —Tasman and Jerit Zanzoon discovered Van Diemen’s Land. 1791 —The Snares discovered by Vancouver. > 1864 —Appointment of Ministry under Mr F. A. Wteld. 1903 —Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act passed. . , l 1918 —Submarine surrender. 1935—First trans-Antarctic flight by Lincoln Ellsworth.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 37, 23 November 1940, Page 4
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