ANNIVERSARIES.
NOVEMBER 28.
1757—William Blake born. / e 1814—Brig Active left Sydney with the Rev. Samuel • M'arsden and other missionaries, . 1842- —Town at Whanganui .named Petre. 1885 —Mandalay occupied. .... 1859—Washington Irving died. 1893' —General election and first occasion on which wotmen exercised the franchise. 1899—Battle of Modder River. 1918 —Kaiser signed Act 1 of Abdication. 1939: —Soviet informs Finland of intention to cancel non-aggression pact. Union Steam Ship Company’s Waikouaiti ran ashore at Dog Island, Foveaux Strait, in a fog.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 41, 28 November 1940, Page 4
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