1984 - 30
March
- Timaru Herald Supplement
Famous Pages
through time from 1868 - 1984 - Section 2
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Famous Pages Through The Ages -
1876 - 5 February - page 3 general news
1892 - 10 March - general news
1899 - 13 October - general news
1901 - 24 January - every column line in black, death
of
Queen Victoria.
1906 - 20 April - earthquake in California -
general news
1913 - 12 February - Pole Party Lost, Captain Scott and
4
companions die on return journey
1914 - 11 June - Jubilee of the Timaru Herald
1914 - 4 August - Great War begun
1915 - 23 April - the struggle in Flanders
1915 - 10 May - Lusitania sunk, loss of 1500 lives
The Dardanelles
1918 - 13 November - Germany surrenders
1927 - 23 May - Atlantic crossed
1928 - 18 June - Murchison earthquake
1928 - 12 September - Tasman crossed
1931 - 4 February - Napier earthquake
1936 - 11 December - Abdication of King Edward
V111
1939 - 4 September - Great Britain at War
1940 - 3 April - Pioneers honoured tributes
to
pioneers
1940 - 3 April - photo of Centennial of early residents
of
Dominion - photo of a lot of people - no names
1940 - 3 June - Allies win Air Battles Little ships do
great
deeds
1940 - 16 September - Londoners prepared for
anything Buckingham Palace bombed
1940 - 17 September - RAF has greatest day yet
1941 - 9 December - Japan strikes swiftly at US and Britain
1941 - 11 December - British battleships Sunk of Malaya
1944 - 7 June - Allied Forces invade Europe
1945 - 10 May - V - E.Day in Timaru
1945 - 10 May - 2nd NZEF 22 men listed as
wounded - list of names --- photo
Private
C.J.Fitzgerald, son of Mrs M.M.Fitzgerald Timaru
1945 - 10 May - photo Private J.A.Fridd, son
of
Mrs E.Fridd, Kingsdown
1945 - 16 July - Record snowstorm in Timaru
1945 - 7 August - greatest sensation of war Atomic bomb
1945 - 16 August - The Last of Our enemies is Laid Low
1947 - 19 November - Ballantyne's fire
Christchurch list of names
1948 - 9 November - proclamation issued making Timaru City
,
town changes status.
1950 - 18 September - South Canterbury says well done
to
victorious rugby reps.
1951 - 1 March - Govt de-registers Watersider union
1951 - 18 April - Fire rages in top floor of City
building
-- new
extension ladder
1951 - 19 April - Floodwaters isolate
homes
damage key bridges and cut main highways
1953 - 3 June - Coronation Elizabeth 11 is
crowned Queen
1953 - 3 June - Mt Everest conquered
1953 - 24 December - Queen & Duke in
Timaru Royal visit
1953 - 26 December - Tangawhai rail disaster
1954 - 26 January - Memorable visit by Royal
couple
1954 - 26 January - whole page of photos Queen
Elizabeth visits South Canterbury
1955 - 21 December - 4 US aircraft make pioneer flight
to
Polar Base
1957 - 17 September - fire destroys Hermitage
1959 - 23 November - Mrs M.E.Hilton becomes 1st
woman
Mayor
of Timaru
1959 - 25 November - fears held for safety of the Holmglen
1961 - 13 April - 1st spaceman flight in history
1962 - 24 October - Kennedy orders blockade on Cuba
1963 - 25 November - world horrified at assassination of
Kennedy
1964 - 11 June - centennial supplement 1st
100
years
1964 - 13 November - ship
aground
1st Cook
Strait cables attached
1967 - 10 July - decimal currency introduced
1967 - 23 November - heavy stock losses after storm
1968 - 11 April - 42 confirmed dead Wahine sinks
1969 - 22 July - man on the moon
1974 - 2 September - death of Mr Kirk
1975 - 2 August - 100mph winds trail of
damage
1975 - 26 September - Timaru thrown into 1st state of
civil
emergency
1980 - 30 July - Princess Diana's wedding
1982 - 8 May - ships foundered 100 years ago
Timaru's
black Sunday
1984 - 30 March - Timaru Herald's new building opens
today great fire of Timaru 7 December 1868
1984 - 15 June - PM calls snap election
Beverley Evans
Christchurch NZ
17 January 2011
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