THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” JUNE 9,1909. Commenting oil Imperial Conferences such as the conferences of Ministers of the Crown and the Press, the “Manawatu Evening “tamlard,” in a leading article, observed: “The experience in the past, has largely been that. , while they are useful for the exchange of views, little practical result has ■ followed.” When opening the Manawatu Gorge bridge, the Governor-General, Lord Pluiiket. administered a caution when he advocated that a speed limit he adopted to restrict motor-drivers who imagined that they could travel at any speed over the narrow, tortuous ] highway. Tt was felt by manv in embers of ! tlio New Zealand Parliament that the . ] offer of a fully-equipped Dreadnought | from the Dominion was ail unwarrant- . ed extravagance. , | Tt was estimated hv a prominent . I British naval officer Fliat if war were ’) to break out it would cost £1,000,000 , | a day. , ‘ -■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 161, 9 June 1939, Page 2
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145THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 161, 9 June 1939, Page 2
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