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Southland Times, Issue 2044, 1 January 1875, Page 1 (Supplement)

JANUARY. FEBRUARY. MARCH. APRIL. PHASES OF THE MOON PHASES OF THE MOON. ° F THE M °°f * fl m ° F TEE M °°^ hrn ' xt 1* V a ?*f „ „ Mnnn 9 o H Bam New Moon 6 ? 2?p m Full M00n... 20 729p xn New M00n... 8 748 am Full M00n... 22 11 9 a m New Moon 6 6 4pm Full M00n... 21 358 am

Apogee z SOUa m | fengee if i m y *" a Remarkable Events. F 1 INew Year's Day. NZ. Charter granted 1841 S 2 First vote of Otago Provl. Council (£75) 1854 StTN 3 2nd Sunday after Christmas M 4 Barq net to Mr Yogel in Dunedin 1874 Tv 5 (2) First Bank in Otago opened 1857 W 6 Epiphany. Twelfth Day Th 7 Allan Ramsay died, 1763 F 8 (9) Napoleon 111 died at Chiselhurst 1873 S 9 First newspaper in Tasmania 1810 Sttn 10 First Sunday after Epiphany M. 11 London, s.s. foundered 1866 Tv 12 Brig Amherst retd from Chatham Island 1868 W 13 First Convicts arrived in Botany Bay 1788 Th 14 (12) Governor Browne visited Dunedin 1856 F _ 15 First Victorian Government formed 1851 S 16 N.Z. Constitution Act proclaimed 1852 • C UN 17 2nd Sunday after Epiphany M 18 James Watt born 1736 Tv 19 Public Funeral of Burke and Wills 1863 W 20 (21) First Steamer arrived at New Zealand 1846 Th 21 Ocean Chief destroyed by fire 1862 F 22 (22) Wellington (N.Z.) founded 1840 8 23 (18) Melbourr-e and Geelong Railway opnd 's9 StTK 24 Septuagesima Sunday M 25 Mr Calder elected M.H.R. Invercargill '71 Tv 26 New South Wales Anniversary 1788 W 27 Invercargill Grammar School opened 1873 Th 28 MrM'Gillivray elected M.H.B. for Riverton '71 F 29 Oriental Bank robbery 1867 S 30 British Sovereignty estab'd in N.Z. 1840

Sun 31 | Sexagesima Sunday MAY. PHASES OF THE MOON. DHH D H M New Moon ... 6 2 31 a m Full Moon 20 8 18pm First Quarter 12 7 spm Laßt Quarter 28 5 58 p m Perigee 6 8 00am Apogee 20 5 00 aro ■ & a Remarkable Events. S 1 First locomotive run on Mataura railway 1873 Sun 2 ■ Rogation Sunday M 3 (2) BH& IRj Bill received Gov's assent 1863 Tv 4 salmon ova per Oberon arrived at Bluff 1873 W 5 (3) i 1.900 acres land sold in Otago at date 1850 Th 6 (3)NZ declared independent of NS W 1841 F 7 : Invercargill Vol Fire Brigade founded 1862 S 8 : In'cargill Chamber of Commerce first met '62 Spy 9 6lh Sunday after Easter M 10 ! Separation of S Provinces League formed 1862 Tv 11 i (9) First Volunt'r meeting in Mcc Institute '64 W 12 Southland Foundry burnt down 1865 Th 13 i Sydney Mint established 1855 F 14 |ss City of Dunedin left on her fatal trip 1865 S 15 ' Melbourne founded 1837 Sun 16 Whit Sunday M 17 (12) Duko of Edinburgh arvd Wellington '69 Tv 18 Telegraph opnd, Dunedin and Bluff 1865 W 19 j (17) Charter of N S Wales promulgated 3844 Th 20 j 63 City of Dunedin lost 1865 F 21 i Queen's sovereignty over N Z proclaimed 1840 S 22 Provincial Council dissolved, 1873 Sum 23 Trinity Sunday M 24 Queen's Birthday Tv 25 Cnptain Howell died 1874 W 26 New Provincial Council met in Dunedin 1871 Th 27 Duke of Edinburgh arvd Dunedin 1869 F 28 I (22) MrCuthbertson elected MH R, I'cargill'73 S 29 (26) Star of Victoria wrecked New R Heads '64 SUN 30 Ist Sunday after Trinity

M 31 1 (26) Major Richardson elected Supt utago t>i SEPTEMBER. PHASES OF THE MOON. DHV D H M First Quarter 8 9 6am Last Quarter 22 628 p m Full M00n. ..16 0 10 a m New M00n. ..30 0 23am Apogeo 7 100pm Perigee 19 100pm • .uj c Remarkable Events. P|* W 1 ss Lord Worsley wrecked in Namu Bay '62 Th 2 (6) Fox-Vogel Government defeated 1872 F 3 First In'cargill Town Board elected 1861 S 4 Gov Browne arrived in New Zealand 1855 SuN 5 15lh Sunday after Trinity M 6 C) First sod Matuura Railway turned 1872 Tv 7 (6) First steamer (Queen) arr Mokomoko '58 W 8 l»t election Municipal Councillors In'cargill '71 Th 9 Sir Clis Darling arrived at Melbourne 1863 F 10 (8) Whale 60ft long caught at Bluff 1868 S 11 Ist Meeting Municipal Council In'cargill 1871 Sun 12 l^th Sunday after Trinity M 13 Railway opened to Echuca 1864 Tv 14 Stewart's Island Quartz bubble 1869 W 15 (13; Moscow burnt 1812 Th 16 Delhi retaken by the British 1857 F 17 Earthquake at Melbourne 1857 S 18 First meeting of Invercargill Town Board '61 Sun 19 17^ Sunday after Trinity M 20 Emmett executed for treason 1803 Tv 21 (20) Caxton printed first English book 1471 W 22 Foundation stone OFs Hall, Riv'ton, laid '64 Th 23 Battle of Trafalgar 1805 F 24 Sir Walter Scott died 1832 S 25 Lucknow relieved 1857 Sun 26 18th Sunday after Trinity M 27 (26) Governor Sir Geo Grey arr at Auckland'6l Tv 28 i lstP Council elctn for Cnty Districts Otago 's3 W 29 ! Michaelmas Day Th 30 | (27) Legislative Council rej Pro Bor Bills 1873 ! (fit A Flemine Ist Rector In Gram Scl died '73

Eclipses. In the year 1875 there will bo two Eclipses, both of the Sun, neither of which will be visible m New Zealand. The first takes place on April sth, Greenwich mean time; the line of simple contact in this Eclipse skirts the Northern Coast of Australia. The second occurs September 28 29. The Southern line of simple contact, 10 or 12 degrees south of the Cape of Good Hop c. New Zeaiand Mean Time, Which has been adopted throughout the Colony since November 2, 1868, corresponds to longitude 170deg. 30min. E., being exactly 12* hours in advance of Greenwich time.

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