THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” JULY 22. 1907; It had been reported to the Palmerston North High School Board that, the attendances averaged 139. the boy pupils being 84 and the girla 55. The estimates for the Rongotea Town Board had shown receipts at £371 5s 6d. including £l4O from a general rate at Id in the £ on capital value. The All Blacks had defeated Australia in the first Test played in Sydney by 26 points to 6. .... The rail heads of the Mam Irunk railway had been 28 miles apart and were being brought together at the rate of four miles in three months. The line had been authorised in 1884 and the first sod turned in 1885 The total expenditure on it to March 31, 1907, had been £2,142,978. An expedition exploring in the" north-west of Australia had discovered a species of dog-size rats. : Prime New Zealand lamb had been selling at 5J.d a lb on (lie London market. Mutton had been quoted at 3jd rs and beef (hinds) af 4d.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 198, 22 July 1937, Page 2
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174THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 198, 22 July 1937, Page 2
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