THIRTY YEARS AGO
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” « FEBRUARY 10, 1903.
The Premier, Mr. Seddon, had not given an encouraging reply when •_ a deputation from Levin waited on him with the request for a subsidy towards the £SOOO required to erect a bridge across the Manawatu River near Shannon. He did not consider that the. Government should use borrowed money to enrich private estates in this way. The two creameries at Stoney Creek were reported to be putting through 24,000 gallons of milk daily. The Waimangu geyser, at Rotorua, had erupted, the road to Rotomahana being completely obliterated by. the mud and stones ejected. The keel of the new battelship New Zealand had been laid at Portsmouth. In’ an interview Signor Marconi had stated that he expected to establish wireless 'communication with India and Australia in the future. A New Yoi'k inventor declared that “the process is quicker than by messengers.”'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 63, 10 February 1933, Page 2
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149THIRTY YEARS AGO Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 63, 10 February 1933, Page 2
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