ANNIVERSARIES
AUGUST 26 1768 —Captain Cook began first voyage of discovery. 187S —Last rail of Christchurch-Dune- . din railway laid at Goodwood. 1883 —Rakaia’s first football team formed. 1942 —Japanese defeated in second battle of Solomons. 1944 — Bucharest in Rumanian hands. French Forces enter Lyons. Bulgaria seeks terms. 1945 — Sino-Russian treaty signed.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 269, 26 August 1949, Page 2
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