THIRTY YEARS AGO.
♦ ] EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” i JULY 15. 1911. M. Doleaese, (ho French Minister of j Marine, had proposed that France lay down 12 battleships before January, 1917, costing £45,000.000. 1 A Washington message stated that the ; statistics of the inter-Stato Commerce Com- j. mission showed that 50 persons were killed • daily on American railroads. | A collision had occurred in Broadstairs | 1 (London) between two cars, the passengers | i in one being Sir Ceorge Reid (Australian jj High Commissioner) and his son and I ; daughter. Sir George had suffered a broken j I arm, his daughter had been seriously in- | jured, and his son was badly shaken. Sir ’ j George’s car was wrecked. l I —. " ■ ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 192, 16 July 1941, Page 2
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116THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 192, 16 July 1941, Page 2
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