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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 ...
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 ...
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
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]
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 ...
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
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 ...
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.