THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” JUNE 28, 1908. The shortest day in tho year had been marked by the free distribution of coal to the deserving poor in Napier. An epidemic of scarletina, colds, etc., had been making itself felt in Dannevirke. < A carrier had been charged in the Court with allowing his horses to be driven loose through the public streets. Sub-Inspector O’Donovan had left Wellington for Palmerston North to take charge of the new police district. The Spanish liner Laraclie had struck some rocks during a fog and foundered; 103 passengers and crew were lost. The scow Wliangaroa had been picked up in tho Tasman Sea and towed to Wellington, after having drifted helplessly for ten . days with broken masts. . • • • ' ' A pulpit : 'whieh had been presented by Mrs Seddon in memory of the late Rt. Hon. R, •J. Seddon to- St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral, Wellington, had been dedicated by,Bishop. Julius.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 178, 28 June 1938, Page 2
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152THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 178, 28 June 1938, Page 2
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