THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 176, 25 June 1935, Page 2

THIRTY YEARS AGO.

JUNE 25, 1905. Commencing from July 1 ihc Palmerston North Telephone Exchange would be open continuously on a 12 months’ trial. Business connection fees were to be increased by £2 a year. The 20th Century Limited express, running between New York and Chicago, had been involved in a bad accident, resulting in the loss of 24 lives. A Constantinople message stated that insurgents had sacked four Armenian villages. Cossacks subsequently had inflicted enormous losses and captured 900 of the insurgents. Great changes had been made in military administration in India. Lord Kitchener had obtained practically complete control, having previously complained that he was fettered by Government interference. Satisfaction with the results of the Winter Show at Palmerston North was expressed by exhibitors, it being stated that one machinery firm had disposed of over £IOOO worth of goods. The opinion was expressed by executive members of the association that extra space for exhibits would have to be provided. The establishment of a municipal laundry had been advocated by the town clerk of Wellington. The three local schools were observing a week’s winter holiday. A geyser had broken out on the site of the buried pink and white terraces at Rotorua and was playing regularly.