COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY (Continued).

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COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY (Continued).

1882— January 2 Hawera declared a Burougli. April 20— Hawera Borough loan of £SOOO carried. October 2 ‘‘Hawera Star” issued daily. 1883— September 28— Railway to Mamitahi opened. 1884— February 4 Egmont A. & P. Association formed. 1886— January 1 Great Stratford fire. July 19— Maoris trespass on Hastie’s land (Titokowaru arrested) 1888May 16 English football team defeated by Taranaki. August: IS— Death of Titokowaru.

1890— December— First official Governor’s visit. 1892 June 28— Death of Sir Harry Atkinson. 1893 May 24Exhibition held in Hawera. 1894 August 28— Hawera District Hospital officially opened. October 3 Dairy Factory opened at Hawera. 1895 Au gust 29 Great Fire (17 buildings destroyed). 1896 October 26 Gas light first used in Hawera streets. 1899 August 8— Telephone Exchange installed. October— Outbreak Boer War. 1901— January 22 Death of Queen Victoria. November 20— Tokaora settlement offered to selectors. 1904 February 3 Industrial Exhibition opened. September 2 First electric light in Hawera. 1907Death of Te Whiti. 1908January— Mr. T. L. Toll’s Death. 1909March— First recorded top-dressing experiments in distri February 27 Opening of Technical School (Princes Street). 1910May 6 Death of King Edward. July 13First Winter Show opened. 1913 November 1 Watcrsidors’ strike throughout New Zealand. 1914 August 4 _ r War declared on Germany. 1915 May 17— Mr. J. Livingston died at Ohawe. 1918— November I I Hostilities in Great War cease. December 1 Influenza epidemic at height. 1919 June 28— Peace Treaty signed with Germany. 1920 February I—Reputed peak of land boom. April 10— ■ ’ Fortieth anniversary of “Star.”