IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1769. —Hawke’s Bay discovered and so named by Captain Cook. 1795.—Marie Antoinette beheaded. 1810.—First horse race in Sydney. 1812,—French retreat from Moscow commenced. 1861. —Bank of New Zealand opened. 1866. —First section of southern railway from Christchurch opened. 1915.—VVatersidcrs’ strike. 1914. —H.M.S. Hawke torpedoed. 1915. —Britain declared war on Bulgaria. 1958.—Labour returned by large majority at General Elections. 1941.—Elections postponed for one year. 1941.—Lieutenant C. H. Upham, of Christchurch, and Sergeant A. C. Hulme (Dunedin-born), of Nelson, awar-ded Victoria Crosses. 1941.—Japanese established base at Timor. Only skirmishes on Stalingrad front. German pressure Increasing in the Caucasus. Australians penetrate Japanese positions in New Guinea. Admiral Nimitz confident of American progress in Solomons. United States submarines sink five more enemy ships. Another 17 Axis planes accounted for over Malta. Kiel receives its heaviest air raid of war. General Smuts warmly welcomed in London.
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Evening Star, Issue 24326, 15 October 1942, Page 1
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145IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 24326, 15 October 1942, Page 1
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