ANNIVERSARIES.
MAY 15, , 1841 —Sir George Grey became Governor of South Australia. 1865 Electric telegraph, Dunedin to: Invercargill, opened. 1866 Wreck of the General Grant at , Auckland Islands! 1921 —Brilliant aruroa and; great magnetic storm. Telegraph services affected in New Zealand and many parts of the world. 1930 —Sir Joseph Ward resigned office * as Prime Minister. _ 1935 —Crossing the Tasman with jubilee air mail, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith returned to Australia under difficulties ow- - ing to an accident to his aeroplane. Japanese naval squadron visited Wellington. 1935--£75,000 worth of damage by fire, in Kitchener St., Auckland. . 1940 —Germans crossed Meuse in places . and drove bulge in French frontier defences.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 181, 15 May 1941, Page 4
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