THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” AUGUST 24, 1002.
Flaxmills on the Manawatu line were‘stated to he working at great pressure, some turning out five tons of fibre per stripper daily. Lucrative employment was lacing found in the mills for a large number of hands.
Shipments of sheep and cattle continued to leave New Zealand for sale on a favourable market at Sydney. Petitions were presentee! to the Legislative Council seeking the removal of the civil and political disabilities of women.
The improvement of the sanitation and water supply of Rotorua in the interest of the tourist traffic was being urged in the House of Representatives.
A London message stated that the War Office was making experiments with a now 18-pounder field gun which promised to bo superior to anything in possession of the other Powers. The militaristic spirit was further emphasised, it was said, by the decision to station a battalion of the Scots Guards in Edinburgh and a battalion of the Irish Guards in Dublin to stimulate recruiting. Limerick had bestowed the freedom of the city oil the Boer generals.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 226, 24 August 1932, Page 2
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182THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 226, 24 August 1932, Page 2
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