THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” SEPTEMBER 25, 1903. At a meeting of the Soldiers’ South African Graves Guild, - representing various parts of New Zealand, a report submitted by Mrs R. J. Seddon showed that £675 had been subscribed in New Zealand for the care of New Zealand soldiers’ graves. At a parade of the Manawatu cadets it was announced that the Snider carbin© was to be replaced by the LeeMetford magazine rifle. An account of a 63 days’ motor trip across the United States stated that 3000 miles of the journey was through country where a motor car had never been before. Cowboys had ridden 70 to 80 miles to look at the “causeless carriage.” With the adoption of the report of a Privileges Committee in the House of Representatives, the New Zealand Times was fined £25 for publishing information regarding private Parliamentary matters and the reporter who wrote the article £ls.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 255, 25 September 1933, Page 2
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153THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 255, 25 September 1933, Page 2
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