THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” NOVEMBER 2,1909. Boats were being rowed along the streets of Canterbury and Folkestone, England, and the country was inundated by heavy floods. Serious floods had also occurred in Sussex. Twenty degrees of frost were recorded in Scotland and heavy snow had fallen in the Midlands. M. Millerand, the French Finance Minister, was considering means of establishing a direct postal service between Canada and France. The Foxton people had been endeavouring to have Foxton constituted a port of entry for dutiable goods, but the Government -was unsympathetic and refused to accede to the request. No fewer than 63 different New Zealand corps, totalling over 500 officers and men, hod entered for the military tourney to be held in Palmerston North.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 285, 2 November 1939, Page 14
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125THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 285, 2 November 1939, Page 14
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