THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 68, 16 February 1935, Page 2

THIRTY YEARS AGO.

EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” FEBRUARY 16, 1905. Several tramway accident? had occurred in different cities in the Colony, one at Auckland being of a major character when a horse-drawn ’bus was struck by a tram. A woman was killed while several other passengers on the bus were injured. In Wellington a man had been hit by a centre-pole while looking down from a double decker. A Nelson message said the Mineral Belt Copper Company was driving a low-level tunnel to strike what was believed to be a ten-foot lode of solid ore. The workings wore in Aniseed Valley. A Paris message announced that three French submarines had dived successfully when steaming at eight knots. About, 600 firemen were expected to attend the national demonstration to bo held in Dunedin. The prize money, amounting to £550. was larger than had been the case previously. Reports from the South Island indicated that .hot springs had been found near Maruia, at the back of Recfton. Mr Chew Chong, a Chinese who had spent 39 years in New Zealand and 35 in i'ifranaivi, was to visit his native country. Ho had been a successful owner of dairy factories, but the co operative movement had cost him £7,000 lie stated.