ANNIVERSARIES OF THE MONTH.
DECEMBER,
Fri. 1 First Railway in N.Z., 1863. Sat. 2 (1) Queen Alexandra born, 1844. Sun. 2 First Sunday in Advent. Mon. 4 First steam vessels in Royal Navy commissioned. Tu. 5 Brooklyn (U.S.A.) Theatre burned, 300 lives lost. Wed. 6 First wireless telegram across Atlantic, 1903. Th. 7 Marshall Ney shot, 1815. Fri. 8 British naval victory, Falklands, 1914. Sat. 9 Milton born, 1608. Sun. 10 Second Sunday in Advent. Mon, 11 (12) New Zealand Parliament Buildings burned, 1907. Tu. 12 Battle of Magersfontein, 1899. Wd. 13 Coronation Durbar, 1911. Th. 14 (13) Prince Albert of Wales bom, 1895. Sat. 16 German bombard Hartlepool, 1914. Sun. 17 Third Sunday in Advent. Mon. 18 (19) Triennial Parliament est. in New Zealand, 1379. Tu. 19 (18) Prince Hussein, Sultan of, Egypt, 1914. Wd. 20 (19) Manhood Suffrage in N.Z., 1879. Th. 21 St. Thomas’ Day. Fri. 22 First wireless across Atlantic, 1902. Sat. 23 George Eliot died, 1880. Sun. 24 Fourth Sunday in Advent Mn. 25 Christmas Day. Tu. 26 Boxing Day; Mont Cenis Tunnel completed, 1870. Wd. 27 British airmen bomb Cuxhaven, 1914. Th. 28 Childermas. Fri. 29 (30) Jameson raid, 1895. Sat. 30 Kipling bom, 1865. Sun. 31 First Sunday after Christmas.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1660, 11 January 1917, Page 4
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207ANNIVERSARIES OF THE MONTH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1660, 11 January 1917, Page 4
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