![Photo of Fred Wood of England and W. Brown, Lancaster Park [ca. 1896]](https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/heritage/photos/disc1/IMG0074.jpg)
Night cycle races held at Lancaster Park. The experiment was not a success – the gas illumination was completely inadequate.
4 November 1989
Record crowd of 60,000 at Lancaster Park to see Irish Rock Band U2.
6 November 1830
Te Rauparaha‘s war party massacres the inhabitants of Akaroa and returns to Kapiti Island.
6 November 1852
First Canterbury sitting of the Supreme Court at Lyttelton.
6 November 1899
Addington Raceway holds inaugural meeting.
6 November 1918
Beginning of the influenza epidemic which was eventually to kill 466 people in Christchurch.
The medicine depot in Cathedral Square where the Government standard influenza medicine was supplied [1918] Christchurch City Libraries, CCL PhotoCD 2, IMG0050
8 November 8 1956
Last trolley bus runs.
9 November 1933
Mrs E. R. McCombs (Lyttelton) becomes the first woman MP in New Zealand.
More November events in the Chronology.
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