THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 305, 23 November 1932, Page 2

THIRTY YEARS AGO.

EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” NOVEMBER 23, 1902. An unusual accident occurred in the Manawatu Gorge when a dray, laden with furniture, and drawn by two horses, fell from the road to the river, a distance of 70 feet. The dray was smashed to atoms, but the horses were only slightly injured. The Gorge Road was stated to be greatly in need of repair. The Acclimatisation Society had received 10,000 rainbow trout fry wlu&h were being liberated in the Kahuterawa district. The Bank of New South Wales had declared a 10 per cent, dividend. The profits for the half year were £llß,229; the reserve was increased by £15,000, and £15,278 was carried forward. . There had been a very largo 1 increase' in advances in New Zealand. A cable from London stated that a rise of 5 to 10 per cent, was anticipated at the wool sales commencing within a day or two. The Prefect of Police in Paris had declared that it was “impossible to suppress anarchism while England and Switzerland afforded criminals comfortable asylums.” President Roosevelt had declared that “there must be no question of politics in governing the Philippines, as it was impossible to down the flag there as in Alaska.