ANNIVERSARIES
$ NOVEMBER 12 1847—First use of chloroform as an anaesthetic. * 1930—A11-India round-table conference opened, 1941 German troops drown • when, transports are sunk off Norwegian coast. 1942.—Germans. Withdrawing large forces from Russia to defend Mediterranean shores of Europe. 1945—Rioting in Tel-Aviv. 1948 —Fierce storm at Morrinsville. NOVEMBER 13 1850—R. L, Stevenson born. 1935—Miss Jean' Batten completed South Atlantic Flight to U.S.A. 1942 Tobruk falls to Bth Army. 1943 Reported that since September ® 18, 171,000 tons of food grains have been sent to Calcutta, to i famine-stricken people. 1944 German battleship Tirpitz sunk in Tromso Fiord.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 28, 12 November 1949, Page 4
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