THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACT'S I I 'ROM “STANDARD.’ JULY 3, 1906
The local Automobile Club had keen firmly established with a membership of over 20 The sheep returns as at April showed an increase ot 1,000.000 bead iri the year. Tlie numbei in the Colony was 20,030,000. Residents of Apiti were to urge on l ie Minister of Justice that a policeman bn stationed in their district. . In view of the increased cost of living 90 of tbe employees of tbe Wellington City Council were pelition’iig for an increase in wages to 8s a day. In a, paragraph about the late Rt. lion. R. J. Scddoh’s grave, it was stated that public opinion favoured the building ot a tall column which could be seen from the harbour. A messago from Condon stated that the Ruparn bad been launched for the Adelaide Steamship Company anil the Ottorio for tbe New Zealand Shipping Company. Both ships bad been built i.n the Civile.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 182, 3 July 1936, Page 2
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160THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 182, 3 July 1936, Page 2
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