THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 79, 2 March 1938, Page 2

THIRTY YEARS AGO.

EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” MARCH 2, 1908. Mr J. A. Nash had intimated that he could not accede to the request of many ratepayers that he should contest the Mayoralty. The largest estate lodged for probate in the Dominion during the previous month had been that of the late Henry Hammond, of Rangitikei. The amount dutiable had been £43,752. The setting' up of a Royal Commission to inquire into and determine the constitution of a river board or boards to govern the Oroua, Manawatu and Pohangina rivers, and the area to be rated, had been approved by the Palmerston North Borough Council. In the House of Commons Mr J. A. Murray MacDonald had moved: “That owing to the continued British friendly relations with foreign Powers, a big reduction is posisble in the Army and Navy.” The motion had been rejected by 320 votes to 72. There had been growing Republican feeling in Spain. King Alfonso had intended visiting Barcelona, but an outrage against him had been threatened. A shipwrights and engineers’ strike had been in progress in England. The loss in wages had been £BO,OOO per week. The new Feilding Technical School had been opened by Hon. G. Fowlds. There had been a big reception afterwards.