THIRTY YEARS AGO
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” DECEMBER 29, 1902.
It had been decided that a library building he erected at Ashhurst. the sole tender being for £llO. One of the most pleasant sights in Palmerston North was reported to be the grounds at the Hospital, where the flowers were in full bloom, and the plots well kept. Cabinet was to consider the advisability of tho progressive opening up of land in the Thames, YY'aikato and Knwhia districts.
A party of Japanese commercial magnates were reported to he desirous of visiting the colony in the new year to ascertain the possibilities of trade in certain commodities. Dr. John YY’atson, of Liverpool (“lan Maclaren”) was on his way to New Zealand for a health trip, and it was stated that he might l>e induced to accept the pastorate of a Presbyterian church in the colony. The death had occurred of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 27, 29 December 1932, Page 2
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152THIRTY YEARS AGO Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 27, 29 December 1932, Page 2
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