THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 199, 23 July 1937, Page 2

THIRTY YEARS AGO.

EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” JULY 23. 1907.

Mr W T Wood. M.H.R., had been a memher 'of a Parliamentary party which had inspected the Main Trunk railway works. The member had stated that much of the land passed on route was worth £2OO an acre for the timber alone. The ratepayers of the borough had agreed to a ‘loan proposal of £13.050 for river protection work, purchase of municipal buildings, additional street lamps, and street improvements The Racing Conference had decided that dividends under the new totalizator system he raid on first and second horses on 75—25 basis. , , , During the month of .Tune 12.07 inches of rain had fallen in Featherston which had been stated to bo a record for the Colony for that month. Wairoa had been the driest town with 1.86 inches for the month. Mr Julius Knight, the noted actor, had headed a J. C. Williamson Dramatic Company which visited Palmerston North. The company had presented “Raffles” and “Brigadier Gerard.”