ANNIVERSARIES
MARCH 9 j,S96—Ship Bluejacket, bound from Lyttelton to London with wool, burned off Falkland Islands. 1592 Wreck of Elginshire south of Timaru. v 1917—Battle of Vimy Ridge. 1930—Rear-Admiral R. E. Byrd returned to Dunedin after flight * over South Po'le. 1944 Rome heavily damaged by Allied air attack. 1945 300 Superfortresses raid Tokio. 1947—Terrorists attack British headquarters in Tel-Aviv. 1949_Restoration carried in Ashburton after being “dry” for 47 years.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 123, 9 March 1950, Page 4
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