THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 305, 22 November 1934, Page 2

THIRTY YEARS AGO.

EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD,” NOVEMBER 22, 1904.

At a meeting of the Manawatu Philosophical Society it had been stated that at Coal Creek, in the Pohangina Valley, ligneous beds had caught alight from bush fires. The beds were up to two feet thick, wore highly inflammable, and had been more or les3 active for the p>reviou6 ton years.

At a public meeting a large number of Palmerston North ratepayers had approved of the proposal of the Borough Council to raise a further £3500 to complete the Opera House in a thoroughly attractive and up-to-date style. A proposal to form a military band in Palmerston North in connection with the Palmerston North Brass Band had been taken up with enthusiasm at a meeting. Upwards of 12 reed instrumentalists had also promised support. A message from London said a trial of a B.J. submarine was a great success and that the Admiralty were ordering many similar craft.

There were record acceptances for the Feilding Jockey Club’s meeting to be held on November 30 and December 1, the number being 156. The number for the meeting in the previous year had been 129 and for the year before that 102.