THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 157, 4 June 1934, Page 2

THIRTY YEARS AGO.

EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” JUNE 4, 1904. A Capetown message said that the emissaries of the Zulu chief Denizulu were co-operating with missionaries of the American Ethiopian Church in trying to incite the natives in South Africa to a general revolt. Harbin was preparing for a siege by the Japanese, said a London message. An official run had been made by the Howick Motor Bus Company, .said an Auckland telegram, 20 people being taken to Howick. On the Palmerston North go_lf links, it was stated, the first match for the Wilson Cup had been played between Manawatu and Danncvirke. Manawatu won every game but one. The Centaur Cycling Club intended to approach the Palmerston North Borough Council suggesting that a cycle track should be formed from town to the Victoria Esplanade and Fitzhcrbert Bridge. It was stated that there was room for such a track between the footpath and the row of trees. The Wellington Salvation Army had a “Lassies’ Brass Band,” the only combination of its kind in the colony. Fine weather had been experienced for the first day of the Otaki Racing Club’s winter meeting. The sum of £8447 wont through the totalisator. Waimoe was the winner of the Raukawa. Cup.