THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 287, 1 November 1934, Page 2

THIRTY YEARS AGO.

EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD ” NOVEMBER 1, 1904.

Tbe Premier had given an assurance, during an address in Palmerston North, that a new Post Office would be provided, and that he himself would lay the foundation stone at no distant date. The Manawatu A. and P. Association’s 19th annual Show was in progress. A large whale had been found stranded on the beach at Waikanae. It was estimated to be worth from £4OO to £6OO. The Cheltenham Dairy Company’s output had increased to II tons daily. New Zealand’s population in 1903 was stated to total 832,505.

The British Mediterranean squadron was in the vicinity of Gibraltar holding mobilisation manoeuvres, and the Mediterranean was practically closed. A Russian naval inquiry into the North Sea incident involving the Baltic Fleet had opened at Vigo. British warships were watching the Russians off the Moorish coast. Only twelve roubles were subscribed at St. Petersburg on behalf of the Hull fishermen who had been shelled. It was learned that Russia was willing to pay £IOO,OOO to the fishermen. The greatest battle of the war was stated to be impending between the Russians and the Japanese. The Port Arthur garrison had lost all hope and desired to surrender.