THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FT?OM “STANDARD.” JULY 27, 1907. The term “Prime Canterbury” as applied to lamb had been strongly opposed by Auckland farmers, who had started a campaign to prove that North Island lamb was as good as, if not superior to, Canterbury. A new telephone exchange had been installed in Palmerston North. A gas engine had been used to drive a dynamo for electric current. The Kaiser had denounced in very sharp terms the rich living of the officers of his army. The Wellington provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union had strongly opposed the Land Bill, which had been before Parliament. It had been 6tated that there were certain dangers in granting the freehold to leasc-in-perpetuity tenants. The land, buildings, and plant owned by the Farmers Dairy Union Co. had been valued at £29.332 13s 6d. The local sales of butter had totalled £37,459 14s and the sales in London £56,308 6s, a report stated.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 202, 27 July 1937, Page 2
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157THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 202, 27 July 1937, Page 2
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