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THE WEEK’S ANNIVERSARIES. June 6. —Corneille born, 1606. Admiral Anson died, 1762. Jeremy Bentham died, 1832. Sir John Stainer born, 1840. Lusitania launched, 1906. June 7.—Montgolfier born, 1745. R. U. Blacknaore born, 1825. i First Reform Act passed, 1832. First sod Otago Central railway Imrned, 1879. Union between Norway and Sweden dissolved, 1905. June B.—Mahomet died, 632. Thomas Paine died, 1809. Charles Reade born, 1814. Sir J. E. Millais born, 1829. Douglas Jerrold died, 1857. First Canadian Parliament opened at Ottawa, 1866. Juno 9. —George Stephenson born, 1781. Schumann born, 1810. Liverpool Ministry formed, 1812. United States decreed abolition of slavery, 1862. Charles Dickens died, 1870. Sir Walter Besant died, 1901. June 10. —First University boat race, 1829. Oxford's attempt at assassination of Queen Victoria, 1840. Crystal Palace opened. 1854. John Brown died, 1858. Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Auckland, 1901. R. J. Seddon died, 1906. June 11. —Sir John Franklin died, 1847. Prince Motternich died, 1859. Khiva occupied by General KaufEmann. Massacre at Alexandria, 1882. Bcchuanaland annexed to Capo Colony, 1895. King and Queen of Servia murdered, 1909. Juno 12. —Charles Kingsley born, 1819. Dr Arnold of Rugby died, 1842. Sir Oliver Lodge born, 1851. Opening of first railway in Japan, 1872.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3195, 9 June 1915, Page 76
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