Notable Occurrences of 1881.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1029, 28 January 1882, Page 4

Notable Occurrences of 1881.

[AUCKLAND “ EVENING STAB.” JANUARY. 4. Boers invaded Natal, 1881 5. Chatham Island murderer sentenced to death. 6. Sir E. Wood sent to Transvaal 7. Embarkation of Panama Canal Engineers. 9. Transkei rebellion repressed 11. Resignation of Mr Bryce, Native Minister 17. Meeting of Intercolonial Conference 18. Great storm in England, damage £2,000,000 19. Arrival at London of first cargo Australian frozen meat. 23. Sir H. Robinson arrived at Cape Town 26. Labor Riots in Lancashire 28. Battle of Langsnek—defeat of the British 31. De Vceui appointed Assist-High Commissioner of Polynesia. FEBRUARY. 3. Comet observed in New Zealand 4. Davitt arrested for sedition 11. Native murdered at Te Aroha 17. Turcomans submit to Russia 21. Attempt to blow up Windsor Castle 22. Australian Cricketers visited Auckland 23. Evacuation of Kandahar 25. Marriage, Crown Prince Prussia to Princess Schleswig Holstein 26. General Colley killed. MARCH. 2. Prize firing at Nelson commenced 4. Armistice with the Basutos 6. Cerebus torpedo accident, Port Phillip 7. Great earthquake at Ischia 9. Arrest of Boyton, Land Leaguer 13. The Czar of Russia murdered 16. Fenian plot to blow up London Mansion House 22. Visit of Prince of Wales to Russia 26. Roumania proclaimed a kingdom. APRIL. 4. Earthquake at Chio 6. Police fired on people at Ballenamone 18. Earl Beaconsfield died 26. The Doterel explosion 27. Emile Girardin died 29. Steamer Tararua wrecked (130 lives lost) MAY. 10. Bradlaugh ejected from House ■of Commons 16. Arrival of young Princes in Australia 17. Fenian outrage at the Liverpqol Town Hall 19. Arrest of Midbat Pasha 22. Fire at Timaru ; damage £17,000 25. Steamboat disaster at London, Canada -31. Tauranga fire ; damage £30,000. JUNE. 1. Iroquois won the Derby. 2. Bindon’s incendiary fire, Vulcan lane 8. Great fire at Quebec 13. Attempt to rescue Fenian prisoners 15. Local Option carried in House of Commons. 17. Opening of Auckland Library on Sunday decided on 20. Franco-Italian riots at Marseilles 26. Earthquakes at Wellington 29. Midhat Pasha sentenced to death July. 1. President Garfield shot 2. Riots at Prague 8. Gold discovered at 1800 ft at Stawell, Victoria 9. Hearn defeated Albert White at Wellington IL Tawhiao visited Waikato 14. Arrival of Detached Squadron at Sydney 17. Great flood at Thames ; damage, £20,000 19. Chilian butchery in Peru 24. Discovery of 6 infernal machines at Liverpool. AUGUST. 2. Mareus Clarke died 4. Meeting of Emperors of Germany and Austria 15. First export of paraffin from Gisborne 20. Kuldga ceded China 22. Outbreak of smallpox in Sydney 31. Jolimont railaway disaster (Victoria) SEPTEMBER. 3. Sculling match, Laycock beat Rush 7. Death of Archbishop Steins 9. Forest fires in Michigan, 200 lives lost 14. Death of General Airey 15. Death of W. Sefton Moorhouse 19. Death of President Garfield 20. Arthur sworn in as President U.S. 21. Religious riots in India 22. Ameer defeated Ayoub Khan near Kandahar 24. Boers refuse to ratify Convention 27. Irish Bishops approve of Land Bill 29. Great fire at Moscow, loss of 3,000,000 roubles. OCTOBER. 5. Sir John Kearslake, Q.C., died 12. Arrest of Mr Parnell 13. Storm in England, 200 drowned 17. The Ameer occupies Herat 19. Land League disturbance in Dublin 20. Wreck of barque Glimpse. Mr Bryce joins the Ministry 27. Parihaka trouble. Volunteers called out.

NOVEMBER. 1. Zulu won Melbourne Cup 2. Death of Lady Wynyard 5. Advance on Parihaka. Capture of Te Whiti 6. Wreck of ship England’s Glory at the Bluff 7. Death of Archbishop MTlale 19. Guiteau attempts suicide 23. Arrest of F. Plummer for Auckland burglaries 27. Attempt to kill Gen. Ignatieff 30. Fire at Reefton, damage, £15,000 DECEMBER. 5. H.M.S. London’s action with a slaver, Capt. Brownrigg killed. 8. Vienna; Theatre Burned 9. The General elections in N.Z. 14. Trial of Titokowaru 21. The Taniwha wins the yacht race in Melbourne. 22. Destructive fire at Cronstadt.