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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 157, 31 December 1931, Page 5

OUTSTANDING EVENTS OF 1931 1 ' NOTABLE EVENTS OF THE DYING YEAR.— I, Arrival of Floating Dock. 2. Wellington EaU Post Office completed. ;^'Buildmg Natioml'War'.Memorial..Campanile. 4, Wellington War Memorial. 5; Mount .Victoria Tunnel .built. 7, Maine Nellie Melba died.: S, : ' Miss Nellie Stewart died. 9, Mr. 1. P. Firth died. 10, Bert Hinkler. 11, F. C.Chichestcr. 12, C. W. A. Scott,three.notable airmen of the year. 13, First cricket Test, New Zealand v.Eiigland r at Lord's. 14, Sir John Luke.died.- 15, Mr.J. A. Lyons, new Common- ' ; . wealth Prime Minister. 16, Right Hon. G. W.Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand, returned to office.: 17, Air■'■Cbmmpdore' Kings ford Smith,. pioneering air mail service. 18, Kelburn Viaduct completed. 19, Four teen-footer Betty ivins Sanders Cup for Wellington.' • ""■'■ '■'■''[■' 20, Work on Tawa Flat railwaydeviation. 21, Sir Hall Came died. 22, HawkesCßay earthquake. 23, '^Matshajt-Jofire^died? M,;VUU of -Australian yacht Oimara. 25, Wreck of steamer Progress. 26, U.S.S. Co.'s new ferry steamer Rangatira. 27, J. A.:Mollison, ■;:■:<■ ■■■ • 28, C. A. Butler, 29, Guy Menzies, made notable flights. 30, Flight Lieutenant Boolhman, winner of Schneider Cup. 31, Phar Lap in, New Zealand. 32, Monowai breaks trans-Tasman record. .:.:■::.:,■. tWm '■ . . ■;■■.. ..'.■. •',..' , " .'■■■'■,'. Vacuum' Oil Co. Photo. . R. J.-Thompson Photo. • ' It. J. Thompson Photo. LORD GAINFORD. VISCOUNTESS SNOWDEN. DR. MONTAGUE RENDALL. . FLYING TO AUSTRALIA.— Mr. H. Jeffrey (left), ■ director of a CAPTAINHART. CAPTAINB. WELTEVREDE. MR. OGDEN MILLS, of tfo, ■■',■■ ,'«..■,« 7. ' „ ■ r t/-• ~ r t ■ i■■ '' leading Melbourne store, and Mr. H.Jenkins, a Melbourne . , , -_■ _ ,m . 7 , 'u'^u,\r, o u nr U.S.A. Treasury, who■ states thai Appointments made to the British Broadcasting Corporation. Lord Gain ford has been reappomted vice* dentist who left London on Tuesday to fly to Australia-. Masters .of theJugs.ZwarteZeeand WitteZet?,.who,brouglifrthe Har- America loill not be represented at, chairman, and the other two are to be governors for a period of one year. ' . '; . : bour Board s floating dock, from England to Mew Zealand. the Reparations Conference. '•"»•"'••• " ■■"■ ' ——— . 1 ■ ■ ■ . . 1 , : "!*-" •• • - , DRAINING PUMICE L\M) SWAMPS.— Maori woikcis excavating FARM MANAGER'S COTTAGE, TOKAAN U.—The site of this cottage on. the Native Trim Development Area-was two years ago ' WINNER OF THE TROTTING DERBY. -Tempest and .his'ownerdrain on NaUvc Trial Development Area, Tokdanu. covered with scrub like other pumice land in this locality. (Mr. G.J. Barton), after the horse had won the Great Northern Trot- ' , ting Derby at Auckland yesterday. . ! COPIES OP '■EVENING POSI" OWN PHOTOGRAPHS MAY BE OBTAINED ON APPMOATIOJI.