THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” MARCH 14, 1911.
The British Admiralty was experimenting will) a 15in gun. ’file outgoing president of the Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association, Mr C. A. J. Lovett, had suggested that the time was opportune to press for an annual Royal Show, to be bold alternately in the North and South Islands.
The Pail Mall Gazette, referring, to a speech by Sir Joseph Ward, stated that it was die first candid official announcement that the Dominions were prepared to discharge their moral obligations in assisting with Empire defence. Doubts bad been expressed at a meeting of the Palmerston North Citizens' League as to whether the Tirrtea Stream would provide sufficient water for Palmerston North when the town grew.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 89, 14 March 1941, Page 2
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126THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 89, 14 March 1941, Page 2
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