IN A NUTSHELL
; ANNIVERSARIES'. ; 1838.—H.M.5. Pelorus discovered Pelorus Sound. 1840.—Now Zealand Banking Company established at Koroaroka (Russell). 1845.—Birth of Genera! Lord Methuen. 1862.—Money orders first issued by New Zealand Post Office. 1868.—First Mayor of Christchurch elected ’ (Air W. Wilson). 1888.—Christchurch Cathedral spire damaged by earthquake. 1 1900.—Transvaal annexed by Lord Roberts. 1918.—General retreat of German armies in France began. 1939. —Germany attacked Poland. 1940. —French Equatorial Africa joined Chad and the Camoroons under flag of , Fighting France. 1940. —Rumanians resisted ccssiou of territory to Hungary. 1941. Bloody battles on Russian fronts. Japanese being swept from Milne Bay area of New Guinea, Enemy caught in trap set by Australians. Heavy losses in men and equipment. Germans regrouping for new assault on Stalingrad. Russians at- present more than holding their own. State of emergency declared in Iran. Intensification of R.A.F. raids over Western Desert. Japanese retreat in China continues.
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Evening Star, Issue 24288, 1 September 1942, Page 1
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147IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 24288, 1 September 1942, Page 1
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