THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” , SEPTEMBER 15, 1906.
The first shorn sheep of the season had made their appearance in the Palmerston North salcyards.
Ratepayers in Api 11 had decided at a poll, by'29 votes to 2, to borrow £IOOO with which to have footpaths constructed in the township. A Land Bill had been introduced in Parliament, one of the proposals it advanced being the limitation of one person’s holding to £50,009 worth. A Government experiment in regard to growing flax at Piako (Thames) had proved most satisfactory. Tt was stated that there were thousands of acres of suitable land available. A message from London advised that A. F. Wilding,, the New Zealand tennis player, had competed in 22 lawn tennis tournaments in the season and had won the singles in 17. ' A message from Pans stated that Monsieur and Madame Humbert, were to bo released from prison. They had been, sent there for long terms for fraud, having borrowed millions of francs by representing that an empty safe contained valuable securities. • „ , , Warships of the United States fleet had been ordered to Cuba, where a revolution was in progress.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 246, 15 September 1936, Page 2
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190THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 246, 15 September 1936, Page 2
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