ANNIVERSARIES
MARCH 16 1889—Five warships wrecked at Samoa; 150 deaths. 1927 Duke of York welcomed at Ashburton railway station. 1935 —Conscription in Germany. 1942—Thirteen Allied warships presumed lost in action in Java Sea. 1944 3000 tons of explosives dropped on Stuttgart by Allied heavy bombers, in the first raid by the R.A.F. Bomber Command in which more than 1000 bombers have taken part. 1945 United States Seventh Army launches new attack in Saar district. 1946 N.Z.E.F. football team defeated Combined Services by 20 to 3, at Hamburg.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 132, 16 March 1948, Page 2
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