ANNIVERSARIES
FEBRUARY 14 IS48 —Governor Grey and Colonel Wakefield visited Otago prior to arrival of pilgrim settlers. 1929 —Lyttelton-Christchurch ■ railway electrified. 1938 —Singapore Base opened. 1942 — Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz "Eugen escape from Brest. 1943 Fall of Rostov. 1944 — United States and New Zealand ’ troops occupy Green Island in the Solomons.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 106, 14 February 1949, Page 2
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