THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” JULY 24, 1911. While the dining-car on tho Main Trunk express was being .shunted ofT at Oha kune, the express came into collision with, a standing train and as a result two carriages were telescoped and four others damaged. Three persons were injured. V.edrinos was leading in the Daily Mail's £IO,OOO flying race round Britain. He landed first at Edinburgh, and was followed by Beaumont, another Frenchman. Over 7000 men working in the sugar industry in Queensland (Australia) had gone ' on strike for shorter hours. Blenheim was mundated by serious floods. The water had invaded shops and offices and in some places was feet deep. A later message stated the town was a sea of eater. The offices on tho banks of Omaha River were in danger of collapsing as the water had undermined them.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 199, 24 July 1941, Page 8
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