THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD,” JULY 23, 1906. The construction of a new J’ost Oftice at Bui’s had been completed. The building was stated to be as good as any of its kind in country towns in the North Islands. Dynamite had been used by some person at the dried milk factory at Bunnyhtorpe, which was being re-erected after a fire, and an engine and a boiler had been extensively damaged. Arrangements were being made for a visit to the Mouinahaki State farm by a party of farmers from this district. The Manawatu "Philsophic-a! Society had purchased a telescope from a gentleman at Meance. Hawke’s Bay. It had a inch reflector.
, The Wellington Arctic expedition were The Wellman Arctic expedition were honing to roach the Pole by means of a
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 199, 23 July 1936, Page 2
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