THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 254, 23 September 1933, Page 2

THIRTY YEARS AGO.

EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” SEPTEMBER 23, 1903.

Scores of telegrams had reached the Colonial Office expressing sympathy with, and admiration for, Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain. He had resigned from the British Cabinet to bs able to work the better for preferential treatment of imports from the Empire. The telegrams came especially from Canada, South Africa and New Zealand. Mr Seddon’s two messages had attracted attention. , A message from Belgrade said that the new king, King Peter, was being ruled by those who had assassinated the previous king and queen. ' The advice stated that the regicides threatened the production of an incriminating letter if King Peter did not do as they desired. Colonel Bruce, of Uganda, had traced the transmission of sleeping sickness to a fly called the bibu, which frequented many parts but was found mainly on the shores of Lake Victoria Nyanza. The Imperial Biograph Company (Messrs Cooper and McDermott) were visiting Palmerston North and had given an entertainment in the Theatre Royal. The company’s biograph was one of the best that had, to that date, been shown in the town and it was said that flickering and vibration had been reduced to a minimum. The speed which an electric train had attained near Berlin was remarked upon, being 114 miles an hour.