THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” AUGUST 9, 1907. A petitioh had been circulated by Palmerston North telephone subscribers asking that the exchange be open all night. There had been 145 subscribers in favour of the increased service and 59 against. The Woodville Borough Council bad decided to applv to the Government for a loan of £3500" for additions and extensions to its water supply, including the construction of a new reservoir. A big dairy herd of half-bred Jersey had been sold at Eketahuna at an average of £6 5s a head. , _ t Thirty Powers at the Peace Conference had supported a proposal prohibiting the dropping of projectiles and explosives from the air Lord Roay had said: “The earth and sea are sufficient for military operations; tho air must be left free.” The Farmers’ Dairy Union had erected a new cheese factory on Newbury Line. '1 ho' milk supply from 500 cows had been available There had been an acute shortage of labour in the King Country district.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 213, 9 August 1937, Page 2
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168THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 213, 9 August 1937, Page 2
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