THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” OCTOBER 5, 1903.
The tenders for the building of tlie Dunedin railway station were all considered to be too high as the lowest was £SOOO above the estimate. Sir Joseph Ward intended to ask Cabinet to agree to the Railway Department doing the work by day labour and to carry out the building according to the original plan. The last girder had been placed in position in the viaduct just north of the Mangaweka railway station. It was expected that the first engine would cross in the next week.
The first sitting of the Supreme Court in Palmerston North had been held that morning. Sir Robert Stout (Chief Justice) presided. The Boer Generals Botha, De Wet and De la Rey had decided to visit India to try to induce 158 irreconcilable Boers to return to South Africa. The officers elected at the annual meeting of the Manawatu Polo Club were:—President, Mr T. Wood, M.H.R.; vice-presidents, Messrs It. Stevens, L. A. Abraham and C. Dunk; captain, Mr R. S. Abraham; vicecaptain, Mr A. Strang; lion, secretary, Mr H. G. Moore; committee, Messrs J. Strang, W. Strang, H. E. Abraham, R. P. Abraham and C. McDonell.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 264, 5 October 1933, Page 2
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200THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 264, 5 October 1933, Page 2
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