THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” MARCH 21, 1908.
A number of Palmerston North people had returned from a trip on the Main Trunk railway line. They had been amazed at the scenic wonders. . A large crowd had gathered in the Square to witness a fight with umbrellas between two old Maori women. Traffic had been blocked- and two cab horses had taken fright and bolted. The potato market had shown an improvement, the quotation being £4 15s a ton. The Education Department had authorised the erection of a school at Tokorangi. . Tho condition of the British Prime Minister (Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-man) daily had been becoming worse. He had offered to resign, but his • friends had refused to permit of such A big indignation meeting had been held in Feilding, when it had been announced that the Main Trunk express was not to stop in that town. The Wellington provincial executive of the Farmers Union had passed a resolution urging the Government to exempt farmers from being cited to appear before the Conciliation Board. Mr H. H. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer,- had estimated that Britain would finish the year with a surplus of £4,000,000.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 95, 21 March 1938, Page 2
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195THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 95, 21 March 1938, Page 2
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