ANNIVERSARIES.
DECEMBER: 7., :c'4 .sn: 1815—Marshal .Ney shot. 1902 Pacific (All-Red) cable , servicp. opened. .... 1903 — Purchase of Wellington-Maxja-watu railway by Government. 1914—Germans attacked Belgian lines near Peroyse with armoured motor-boats. ' . - 1916—Mr Lloyd George became Prime Minister of Great Britain. 1929 —Cbates Government defeated in House. DECEMBER 8.
1863 —Occupation of Ngaruawahia; British flag hoisted on Maori king’s flagstaff. 1914—Falklands naval battle,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 49, 7 December 1940, Page 4
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