THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM ‘-STANDARD,” JULY 20, 1905.
The Main Trunk Line had been finished as far as Mataroa, from the southern end. The. line was advancing south from the northern end. , . , . The spectacle of a wagon being dug out of the mud on a main thoroughfare had been witnessed not 200 yards from the Eketnhuna Rost Office, stated a \\ airarapu Pa .A el 'stamp-voiding machine which had been invented by two members of the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department was attracting world-wide attention, Hie machine had been installed at a number of offices throughout the Colony Th© Te Horo Road Board had been merged with the Ilorowhenua County news had been received from Commander Peary, who was engaged t.i a Polar expedition, and grave feais weie entertained for his safety. The. schooner Sir Henry was reported to be lost off Gisborne with all hands.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 196, 20 July 1936, Page 2
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147THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 196, 20 July 1936, Page 2
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