ANNIVERSARIES.
AUGUST 1. i 1714—Queen Anne died. 1831—London Bridge opened. 1834 —Negro slavery abolished in British Dominions. 1867 —Thames goldfield, New Zealand proclaimed. 1878—Declaration of Ashburton as a Borough published in the Gazette. ■' 1885 — -New Zealand Industrial Exhibition opened at Wellington. 1886 — Kermadec Island annexed. 1914 —Germany declared war on Russia. .. Sir Ernest Shackleton left England in the Endurance for the South Pole. 1931 —N.Z .Reserve Bank began business. 1939 —Fire in Invercargill Hospital
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 248, 1 August 1941, Page 4
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