THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 82, 5 March 1938, Page 2

THIRTY YEARS AGO.

EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” MARCH 5, 1908. Trouble had been brewing between China and Japan. The Chinese had seized a Japanese vessel in Chinese waters carrying arms, and had refused to give her up. The Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) had promised to perform the official opening of the Tiritea waterworks towards tho end of tho month. The Farmers’ Dairy Union had paid out £4791 for February butterfat. The curator of the borough reserves had resigned “owing to continual division of opinion and bickering on the Palmerston North Borough Council.” At the request of a large number of ratepayers the Beautifying Society had called a public meeting to discuss the matter of the reserves. The Prince of Wales (later King George V.) and the Princess had left England on a visit to the Kaiser and Kai serin. The Terrace End School Committee had expressed disappointment to the Government at its refusal to erect a technical school at Terrace End. A Foxton deputation had waited on the Manawatu County Council asking that a road to the beach he formed and metalled. The council had promised into the matter.