OUTSTANDING EVENTS IN NEW ZEALAND AND ABROAD
1, First Labour Cabinet in New Zealand. 2, Mr Arthur Henderson died. 3, Earl Jellicoe died. 4, Queen Astrid of Belgium killed in motor accident. 5, Huey P. Long assassinated. 6, Marshal Pilsudski died. 7, Lord Carson died, 8 Archbishop Redwood died. 9, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith lost in flight from London to Australia. 10, Lord Galway, new Governor-General, and family arrived. 11, Baring Head Light first used. 12, Duke Of Gloucester and Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott married 13, Miss Jean Batten, New Zealand airwoman, flew South Atlantic. Admiral Byrd returned after two years in Antarctic. 15, Lawrence of Arabia died after motor cycle accident. 10, Earthquake at Quetta, thousands of lives lost. 17, Prudential and Commercial Bank Buildings, Wellington, under construction. 18, War between Italy and Abyssinia commenced. 19, King and Queen celebrated their Silver Jubilee. 20, English women’s cricket team toured New Zealand. 21, Lord Nuffield presented £60,000 for crippled children of New Zealand. 22, Mr Stanley Baldwin assumed Premiership of Great Britain. 23, Normandie broke transatlantic record. 24, Fitzherbert Bridge , Palmerston North, completed. 25, General Evangeline Booth. Salvation Army Commander, visited New Zealand. 26, Mrs McCombs, first woman M.P. in New Zealand, died. 27, Indian hockey team toured New Zealand. 28, Lord and Lady Baden-Powell, Chief Scout and Chief Guide, visited New Zealand. 29, Mr W. L. Mackenzie King, Premier of Canada, 30, King George II returned to Greece. 31 New Zealand Rugby team toured Great Britain. Unnumbered—The “Evening Post” Wellington, which celebrated its seventieth anniversary.
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255OUTSTANDING EVENTS IN NEW ZEALAND AND ABROAD 1, First Labour Cabinet in New Zealand. 2, Mr Arthur Henderson died. 3, Earl Jellicoe died. 4, Queen Astrid of Belgium killed in motor accident. 5, Huey P. Long assassinated. 6, Marshal Pilsudski died. 7, Lord Carson died, 8 Archbishop Redwood died. 9, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith lost in flight from London to Australia. 10, Lord Galway, new Governor-General, and family arrived. 11, Baring Head Light first used. 12, Duke Of Gloucester and Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott married 13, Miss Jean Batten, New Zealand airwoman, flew South Atlantic. Admiral Byrd returned after two years in Antarctic. 15, Lawrence of Arabia died after motor cycle accident. 10, Earthquake at Quetta, thousands of lives lost. 17, Prudential and Commercial Bank Buildings, Wellington, under construction. 18, War between Italy and Abyssinia commenced. 19, King and Queen celebrated their Silver Jubilee. 20, English women’s cricket team toured New Zealand. 21, Lord Nuffield presented £60,000 for crippled children of New Zealand. 22, Mr Stanley Baldwin assumed Premiership of Great Britain. 23, Normandie broke transatlantic record. 24, Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North, completed. 25, General Evangeline Booth. Salvation Army Commander, visited New Zealand. 26, Mrs McCombs, first woman M.P. in New Zealand, died. 27, Indian hockey team toured New Zealand. 28, Lord and Lady Baden-Powell, Chief Scout and Chief Guide, visited New Zealand. 29, Mr W. L. Mackenzie King, Premier of Canada, 30, King George II returned to Greece. 31 New Zealand Rugby team toured Great Britain. Unnumbered—The “Evening Post” Wellington, which celebrated its seventieth anniversary. Northern Advocate, 3 January 1936, Page 8
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