ANNIVERSARIES
FEBRUARY 27 1728— Captain Janies Cook born at Marton, Yorkshire. 1820 —Rev. Samuel Mars den arrived at Bay of Islands (third visit). 1893— Death of Sir Charles Clifford, first Speaker, New Zealand House of Representatives. 1936 —Military coup in Japan; assassination of Premier. 1943 —American D.F.C. awarded for the first time to an English airman, Wing-Commander R. M. B. Duke-Wooley. 1945 British troops cross Irriwaddy in advance in Burma. 1946 Kiwis suffer second defeat. of tour when beaten by 15 points to 0 by-Monmouthshire at Pontypool. Disastrous fire swept farmland between Tinwald and Ealing, 2000 acres burnt. Fire worst in history i of the County and several times threatened to burn its way to the coast. ,»
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 114, 27 February 1950, Page 2
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117ANNIVERSARIES Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 114, 27 February 1950, Page 2
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