THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” JUNE 15, 1906. ’Plic practice of -’trimming sheep for shows had been giving the .Manawatu and West- Coast A. and P. Association cause for much discussion. It had been decided to have the matter to the discretion ot the After several weeks of rain hard frosts and fine days were being experienced in the Palmerston North district. It was reported that there was a mo'Cment on foot to erect a public ball at lai k °A Concert bad been given at 1 lie Opera House by Mr Andrew Black, who ua= described as being the foremost English baritone. The attendance had been affected bv the -death of the Premier. R.. Hon. K. J. Seddon. . . . , • Six swimmers were in training .o sw n the English Channel, one being Annette K A lC |adv n paiachutist had been killed in an unfortunate descent in England. Because oT tbe increasing size 01. «aisl.ips, the Kiel Canal was to be widened and deepened at a cost of 12,000,000-
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 166, 15 June 1936, Page 2
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170THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 166, 15 June 1936, Page 2
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