THE PAST YEAR IN PICTURES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 1, 2 January 1936, Page 10

THE PAST YEAR IN PICTURES

1. Labour Cabinet took office for first time in New Zealand. 2. Mr. Arthur Henderson died, 4. Earl Jeilicoe 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 GovernorGeneral, and family arrived. 11. Baring Head Light first used. 12. Duke of Gloucester and Lady /Mice Montagu-Douglas-Scott married. 13. Miss Jean Batten. New Zealand airwoman, flew South Atlantic. 14. Admiral Byrd returned after two years in Antarctic. 15. Lawrence of Arabia died after motor-cycle accident. 16. Earthquake at Quetta, thousands of lives lost. 17. Prudential and Commercial Bank Buildings. Lambton Quay, 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. 32- National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum under construction. 34. Sir James Coates died. 35. New Wellington Railway station under construction.