ANNIVERSARIES.
NOVEMBER 30. 1865 —Death of Admiral Fitzroy, second Governor of New Zealand. Rudyard Kipling born. 1874 —Mr Winston Churchill hern. 1906 — Princess . Marina., Duchess, of Kent, born. 1907 Dundouald survivors (15) arrived at Bluff from Auckland Islands. 1914 — King George visited France. 1915 — Lord Kitchener returned to London after tour of inspection in the Near East. Bulgarians captured Prinariend. 1916 Battle of Cambrai. First massed tank attack by Allies. T ... 1939 —Russians invade Finland. . DECEMBER 1. * 1844—Queen Alexander born. 1863—First railway in New Zealand opened —« Christchurch • to FerryimeadV Junction. 1915—Fall of Monastir. 1917 German East Africa clear of tho enemy. • ‘ ; ; 1925 —Locarno Treaty signed. 1981 —Six degrees of frost registered at Ashburton.—a record summer low. temperature; ’
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 43, 30 November 1940, Page 4
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