THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM "STANDARD" JULY 15, 1911.
A committee had been formed in Tondon to discuss the matter of erecting a memorial in Wellington to Edward Gibbon \\ akcficld. It was hoped that the Now Zealand Government would render some assistance.
The ceremony of the investiture of the Prince of Wales had taken place at Carnarvon Castle. Many thousand* of Welsh t>eople had witnessed it.
A New York message stated that a forest fire had been raging m Michigan and had swept a thousand acres of land. Damace estimated at £2.000,000 had been done From London a cablegram stated that Swynford (Woottcn) had won the Fclipca Stakes from Lembcrg with Pictri third.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 191, 15 July 1941, Page 2
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113THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 191, 15 July 1941, Page 2
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