THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “ STANDARD.” NOVEMBER 24, 1904.
. Considerable concern had been felt in some quarters at a decision of the Government that the formulae, of patent medicines should be printed, on the containers. An'' ' alternative. suggestion was' that a sworn formula -''of.••..each .should be deposited with the. Department of Health. Only about a third of ' the previous year’s acreage ,of- oats Lad .bee'n-put jdown in the Sandoh disfnc4,(farmers-, being deterred by experiences with rust) Tho Dunedin City Council had decided to prosecute the Waipori hydro-electric scheme for: the city supply. London cablegrams indicated that the coming of winter had allowed some frozen rivers to be more easily crossed in the prosecution of the . war between Japan and Russia. A condition in connection with a Russian loan being issued in Germany was that Russia would not oppose Germany’s Baghdad railway, said a message from London.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 307, 24 November 1934, Page 2
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146THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 307, 24 November 1934, Page 2
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