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  2. Exploding trousers - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. 1930 in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    New Zealand's first ever Test matches, a home series of four three-day games against England. Series won 1–0 by England 10,11,13 January Lancaster Park, Christchurch. New Zealand (112 and 131) lost by eight Wickets to England (181 and 66/2). [13] 24,25,27 January Basin Reserve, Wellington. New Zealand (440 and 164/4dec.) drew with England ...

  4. List of New Zealand women photographers - Wikipedia

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    Nellie Ferner (1869–1930), artist, photographer, community leader; Rosaline Margaret Frank (1864–1954), early female photographer; Marti Friedlander (1928–2016), Jewish immigrant, social activist, photographed children and Maori women

  5. History of New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    In 1893 it extended voting rights to women, making New Zealand the first country in the world to enact universal female suffrage. [131] New Zealand gained international attention for its reforms, especially how the state regulated labour relations. [132] The effect was especially strong on the reform movement in the United States. [133]

  6. New Zealand Women's Land Army - Wikipedia

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    The Land Girls: In a Man's World, 1939–1946. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press. ISBN 9781877133947. Montgomerie, Deborah (1989). "Men's Jobs and Women's Work: The New Zealand Women's Land Army in World War II". Agricultural History. 63 (3): 1– 14. Montgomerie, Deborah (2001). The Women's War: New Zealand Women 1939–45 ...

  7. 1935 in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    The 24th New Zealand Parliament continued with the coalition of the United Party and the Reform Party. In November the 1935 New Zealand general election resulted in a massive win for the opposition Labour Party. Speaker of the House – Charles Statham; Prime Minister – George Forbes then Michael Joseph Savage

  8. Florida man finds trunk from the 1930s washed up on beach - AOL

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    Photographer Michael O'Meally was taking sunrise photos on a beach near Fort Matanzas National Monument in Florida when he came across something unusual on Nov. 18. Florida man finds trunk from ...

  9. Category:1930 in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    1930 in New Zealand sport (3 C, 2 P) Pages in category "1930 in New Zealand" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.