THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” OCTOBER 13, 1902. During a discussion at the Kairanga County Council’s meeting relative to a request to put the Manawatu end of the Gorge Road in fair repair, it was stated that for years the road had been under the Control of the Manchester Road Board, which had drawn all tolls until the cost of maintaining the road had been placed on the Fitzherbert Road Board, and it was alleged that the Gorge Road had been allowed to fall into disrepair. The factory butter competition at the Manawatu A. and P. Show attracted entries from five factories. There was a brisk demand for space on steamers carrying cargo from New Zealand to South Africa. Chinamen were exhuming the bodies of deceased relatives for shipment to China. The steamer Rimu already had 172 dead Chinamen aboard. Purchased chiefly in Germany as a present to the Ameer of Afghanistan, 100 guns had been impounded at Peshawar. Large shipments of Argentine maize were reported to have arrived at Sydney.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 269, 13 October 1932, Page 2
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