THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “ STANDARD.” AUGUST, 23, 1905. It was stated that golf had been played at a pah near Oroua Bridge (Rangiotu) in 1853, when it had been introduced to the district by Messrs T. U. Uook and C. Hartley. A fancy dress ball had produced £75, which, with a £1 for £1 Government subsidy, was to bo devoted to tho Palmerston North Post Office clock and chimes fund. A thousand Cossacks had migrated to Turkey, saying they did not consider that they should act as police. The roll of the Palmerston North High .School at tho close of the term stood at 1.72. , , ■ Potatoes were selling at 17s 6d a sack in Palmerston North. A football team and a shooting team from the Palmerston North High School were to visit lfawko’s Bay to engage teams from the Napier Boys’ High School, The waior reticulation of Palmerston North included 38 miles of_ pipes and unifer a proposed scheme, which was to bo [laid for by a loan of £26,000, it was_ intended to increase the length to 47i miles.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 227, 23 August 1935, Page 2
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181THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 227, 23 August 1935, Page 2
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