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In New Zealand in the 1930s, farmers reportedly had trouble with exploding trousers as a result of attempts to control ragwort, an agricultural weed. [1] Farmers had been spraying sodium chlorate, a government recommended weedkiller, onto the ragwort, and some of the spray had ended up on their clothes. Sodium chlorate is a strong oxidizing ...
On the Friendly Road is a 1936 film from New Zealand which told a story of New Zealand in the Depression. [1] [2] It was made in and around Auckland, using local actors and locally-made cameras. [3] It is one of four films made in 1935 (with The Devil's Pit, Down on the Farm, and Hei Tiki ) which lay
He was New Zealand's first Test captain, and led the team in their first seven Test matches between January 1930 and August 1931. He played first-class cricket from 1918 to 1937. [ 1 ] He was a farmer and racehorse breeder in Hawke's Bay , who served as president of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Association from 1951 to 1965.
1930s in New Zealand by city (4 C) / 1930s disestablishments in New Zealand (8 C) ... 1935 in New Zealand (6 C, 9 P) 1936 in New Zealand (5 C, 8 P)
Commander Gordon Bridson, DSO, DSC (2 December 1909 – 6 December 1972) was a New Zealand swimmer who won two silver medals at the 1930 British Empire Games.He was also in the New Zealand Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and in the Second World War, he served in the Royal New Zealand Navy.
He was selected in both of New Zealand's matches against the touring Australians later in the season, but along with all his team-mates he failed with the bat and Australia won easily each time. [8] Siedeberg made his highest first-class score in the first match of the 1905–06 season, when he made 28 and 90 in a victory over Canterbury.
Later in the season a strong New South Wales team toured New Zealand, including in their itinerary two matches against the full New Zealand team. Kortlang played in the second match and was New Zealand's highest scorer with 39 (in 132 minutes, of New Zealand's first-innings total of 89) and 14 in an innings defeat. [30]
Tayback served in the United States Navy before beginning his acting career at the age of 25. A lifetime member of the Actors Studio, [4] he was a familiar face on television in the 1960s and 1970s, appearing on numerous series, including The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Star Trek, Bonanza, Here Come the Brides, That Girl, Gunsmoke, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Partridge Family, All in the Family ...