War between China and Japan commenced about , July 28, Shanghai bombed. Viscount Snowden died May 15. Miss Jean Batten broke Austra-lia-England solo air record, October 24. Lord. Rutherford of Nelson died, October 19. Australian Fleet arrived on visit, April 3. Mrs: Amelia Earhart Putnam . lost on Pacific flight about: July 2. Marchese Marconi died, July 20. Civil war in Spain continued throughout the year. King Farouk of Egypt enthroned, July 29; dismissed Cabinet, December 30. -Captain G. E. T. Eyston broke land speed record, Nov. 19. -Wellington's new railway station opened, July 19. —Rt Hon. Ramsay MacDonald died, November 10. - German airship Hindenburg destroyed by fire, 35 dead; May 6. —United States won Davis Cup from England, July 27. —New Zealand cricket team toured England; and were received by King —Princess Juliana of Holland, married to Prince Bernhard, January 7. -Cornation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth , May 12. —lmperial Conference opened in London, May 14.
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Northern Advocate, 4 January 1938, Page 7
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157War between China and Japan commenced about, July 28, Shanghai bombed. Viscount Snowden died May 15. Miss Jean Batten broke Australia-England solo air record, October 24. Lord. Rutherford of Nelson died, October 19. Australian Fleet arrived on visit, April 3. Mrs: Amelia Earhart Putnam. lost on Pacific flight about: July 2. Marchese Marconi died, July 20. Civil war in Spain continued throughout the year. King Farouk of Egypt enthroned, July 29; dismissed Cabinet, December 30. -Captain G. E. T. Eyston broke land speed record, Nov. 19. -Wellington's new railway station opened, July 19. —Rt Hon. Ramsay MacDonald died, November 10. -German airship Hindenburg destroyed by fire, 35 dead; May 6. —United States won Davis Cup from England, July 27. —New Zealand cricket team toured England; and were received by King —Princess Juliana of Holland, married to Prince Bernhard, January 7. -Cornation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 12. —Imperial Conference opened in London, May 14. Northern Advocate, 4 January 1938, Page 7
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