THIRTY YEARS AGO
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD, MAY 1, 1911.
When a train, rounding a bend at a high speed at Easter, Pennsylvania, jumped tho rails and capsized, 11 persons were killed and over 50 injured. The wreckage caught fire. . The Princess Royal, a supcr-Dread-nought of. 26,360 tons, had been launched. The Dreadnought, which had a speed of 23 knots, was to be armed with 12 guns and was to cost £2,062,000. Heavy fighting was still continuing in the Moroccan revolt. Major Brcmond had relieved Fez after tho town had been besieged. The losses were large on both An American syndicate had secured 4000 acres, and proposed to acquire and plant 30,000 acres, at: < 'aims and Port' Douglas (Australial in rubber trees. It was intended to settle experienced American rubber growers on the area.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 128, 1 May 1941, Page 8
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133THIRTY YEARS AGO Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 128, 1 May 1941, Page 8
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