THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” OCTOBER 28, 1906.
At the annual meeting of the Palmerston North District Nursing Guild comment, had boon made on the need for a. permanent qualified nurse who could devote the whole of her time to some cases. The report of a commission winch had investigated the conduct of the Burnham Industrial School recommended that the hopelessly bad boys lie removed to other quarters as they had a bad influence on the others. A statement had been made by Sir Joseph Ward that of £1,000,000 to be raised on loan £900,000 had been secured, the interest not being over 4 per cent. Further reductions in the British Fleet had been announced. Since 1900 the Admiralty had placed 53 battleships and cruisers on the non-effective list. The ringleaders of the “Black Hand.” an Italian secret society ni New York, had captured a prominent actress and murdered her in a midnight raid. The construction of a set of two railway tunnels under the English Channel was being actively discussed in Franco.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19361028.2.16
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 283, 28 October 1936, Page 2
Word Count
174THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 283, 28 October 1936, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in