Events
- 30 May: The Auckland Harbour Bridge, 1020 meters (3,348 feet) in length, was opened.
- 24 November: The coastal trader MV Holmglen sinks near Timaru with the loss of 15 lives.
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Famous quotes containing the word events:
“A curious thing about atrocity stories is that they mirror, instead of the events they purport to describe, the extent of the hatred of the people that tell them.
Still, you can’t listen unmoved to tales of misery and murder.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)
“Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
“Just as a mirror may be used to reflect images, so ancient events may be used to understand the present.”
—Chinese proverb.