THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 139, 14 May 1936, Page 2

THIRTY YEARS AGO.

EXTRACTS FROM -‘STANDARD." May 14, 1906. A feature of Messrs Bcetock and Wombwcll’s Circus performances in Palmerston' North had been the hypnotising and “burial” in excavated earth loft open of one of the troupe. He was brought up again two days later none the worse for tho experience. Professor Bonner controlled that particular performance. Residents of the town had been much stirred by local eases of ptomaine poisoning. One case had proved fatal. As the result of a British ultimatum, Turkey had relinquished Egyptian territory which had been seized. The pressure at the newly opened oil boro at Moturoa was being maintained and shares had steadily grown in value to £65 each. The grazing season in the Taranaki district had been good. Cattle -which had been bought at £2 brought £4 and £4 10s at the season’s close. Maoris living north of Gisborne _ were erecting tolcnhone lines through their districts and 100 miles of wire had been run out. The natives carried on co-operative sheep farming. Madame Curie had been appointed to her late husband’s chair at the Sorbonnc, which was regarded as a triumph for feminism, stated a message from Paris.