Word: zealander
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Quebec; 3) His Majesty's Government in the Irish Free State landed at Montreal. The delegation of 4) His Majesty's Government in Newfoundland came by coastal steamer. After crossing the Pacific, delegations representing 5) His Majesty's Government in Australia and 6) His Majesty's Government in New Zealand landed at Vancouver...
...Next to the U. S., New Zealand and Canada have more cars per capita than any country, 125 cars per 1,000 people. The U. S. has 188 per 1,000. Other countries: Australia 91 England 36 France 36 Belgium 20 Spain 8 Japan...
...March Dr. Compton, declining a chance to be president of Princeton University, set out with a 250-lb. machine to watch cosmic rays on Pacific mountaintops in Panama, Peru, New Zealand, Hawaii, Alaska. His preliminary report last week flatly contradicted Dr. Millikan's findings. Dr. Compton found "definite differences in the intensity of the cosmic rays at different latitudes, with a minimum at or near the Equator and increasing intensity toward the North and South Poles." These differences made him suspect that cosmic rays were streams of electrons, particles of electrically charged matter. More upsetting to Dr. Millikan...
...hale and hearty yet!" cried wizened "Baby" Rodgers, recalled his mother's statement that he was born "right after" the Union Jack was unfurled in New Zealand by Queen Victoria's doughty Captain Hobson...
Since only about 75% of the population is New Zealand-born, males still out-number females...