THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD ” NOVEMBER 12, 1904.
Trout were plentiful in the Fitzhorbort district. Two anglers had landed 58 between them in one day. The Palmerston North Salvation Army had raised £220 in the annual self-denial week, that amount being £42 more than in the previous year. It was being urged that as travel from the north to the south of the Colony bad been expedited, the “check” system for luggage should be instituted to cover both the railway and the ferry. London cables said that the commander of Port Arthur, General Stocssel, had asked for an armistice. The Japanese reply was not known. A •telegram from Westport stated that an order had been received from the British Admiralty for 1300 tons of coal to bo delivered at Sydney. It was stated also that a new mine was to be opened near the Granity mine.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 296, 12 November 1934, Page 2
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147THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 296, 12 November 1934, Page 2
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