ANNIVERSARIES
AUGUST 27 1783 —First hydrogen balloon ascent. 1370 —Arrival in Wellington of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. 1908—Great fire in Tancred Street business premises. Two lives lost. ' 1928—Peace Pact signed in Paris. 1939 —Hitler refuses offer of concilia•tion over Poland. 1943 —Announcement that a fourth liberty loan of £125,000,000 would be opened in Australia, October 5. 1945 —American warships enter Tokyo Bay.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 270, 27 August 1946, Page 2
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