ANNIVERSARIES.
APRIL 10. 1829—Birth of General Booth. 1834 —.John McArthur, father of New South AValcs, died. ) ! 1848—Chartist riots in England. 1882—New Zealand Exhibition opened iif Christchurch by Sir A. H. . Gordon. 1908 — Stanley AVeyman died. 1909 — Swinburne, poet, died. 1931 —C. AY. A. Scott landed at Darwin after breaking Sir Charles Ivingsford Smith’s record for the solo flight from England. 1940—Five British destroyers damaged Germa'n ships in Narvik Fiord and withdrew with the loss of two vessels. APRIL 11. 1713 —Treaty of Utrecht. Gibraltar ceded to Britain. 1798—Last King of Poland died. 1861—American Civil AYnr begun. 1878—Bishop Selwyn died 1884-rrQharles .Reade died. --. v . 1918 —Germans recaptured Messiries. 1935 Licences'for trunk air service granted to Union Airways and Great Pacific Airways. 1936 Hampstend School Jubilee.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 153, 10 April 1941, Page 4
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