THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.’ 1 OCTOBER 5, 1906.
The Rongotea Town Board bad struck a rate of Jd in the £ on (be capital value. Thomas Edison, the inventor, claimed to have invented a means of storing electric power in a container so light that it would be possible to fit all kinds of vehicles with their own electric, motive power. 'flic Palmerston North Borough Council had decided that one-third of the stalls at the Opera House should be kept unreserved when entertainments wore given by theatrical companies. It was stated that there was a tendency for some companies to treat all the stall accommodation as a reservation area and charge larger prices as a result. New Zealand’s first training ship, the Sparrow, was to bo commissioned by the end of the month. Tlie ship could take 80 boys and 125 bad applied for the positions available. . . A Palmerston North firm was advertising tailor-made costumes at £4 4s and skirts at £1 10s.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 263, 5 October 1936, Page 2
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164THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 263, 5 October 1936, Page 2
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