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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).

  4. Category : Railway stations in New Zealand closed in the 1930s

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    New Zealand portal Architecture portal This category is for railway stations in New Zealand closed in the decade 1930s , i.e. in the years 1930 to 1939 .

  5. Category:1930s in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    1930s in New Zealand by city (4 C) / 1930s disestablishments in New Zealand (8 C) 1930s establishments in New Zealand (11 C, 1 P) 0–9. 1930 in New Zealand (3 C, 5 P)

  6. Pentachlorophenol - Wikipedia

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    Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is an organochlorine compound used as a pesticide and a disinfectant.First produced in the 1930s, it is marketed under many trade names. [5] It can be found as pure PCP, or as the sodium salt of PCP, the latter of which dissolves easily in water.

  7. Category:1930s disestablishments in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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  8. 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

  9. Phar Lap's Son - Wikipedia

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    Phar Lap's Son is a 1936 New Zealand film directed by A. L. Lewis. Only part of it survives. [1] It was shot in and around Dunedin. [2] Many of the crew who worked on it had worked on Down on the Farm (1935). [3]