THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” DECEMBER 13, 1902.
During November 28,4611bs of butterfat were supplied to the Awahuri Dairy Company', as compared with, 26.4061bs for November, 1901. Suppliers received £ll2O 11s 7d, as against £992 2s. When leaving Wellington harbour, the liner Athenic struck a shoal and remained fixed for six hours. The vessel was later brought back to the wharf for examination. The New Zealand Cricket Council decided to bear all expenses in connection with the tour of Lord Hawke’s team, any profit to be divided among the various associations.
Tho first motor bus service to be instituted in the colony was projected for Napier, a contract having been signed for the supply of a doubledecker vehicle for the Taradale route
Tho German Reichstag adopted a new rule limiting speeches upon points of order to five minutes, thereby “gagging” members. It was reported from Berbera that the “Mad Mullah” had been assassinated while at prayers. Terrific snowstorms were reported from Southern Russia and the Black Sea area, and railway communication was interrupted to a large extent.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19321213.2.5
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 13, 13 December 1932, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
178THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 13, 13 December 1932, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in