FORTY YEARS AGO.
(From “The Manawaln Herald,” September IShli, 1H79.1 “■Shipping Trade. —Our shipping’ (ratio was unusually brisk yeslcrtlay. The Tui arrival oaiiy in liie forenoon, and was shortly. afterwards followed by the Jane Douglas, The Slormhird was lying at the mouth of the river, whilst the Osprey early in the day steamed down to tender tier. In addition to these, the Sanson steamed down to Hartley's to the brigantine Mary Ogilvio, which was anchored about a mile inside the entrance, for the purpose of coaling, whilst the steamer Cora was anchored outside awaiting a westerly slant of wind to run in. Five steamers in the river is a gratifying proof that our trade is not decaying. A Smart Retort.—Yesterday the skipper of one of the steamers was asked how long it was since he went on the slip at’Wellington. He replied* “Well, it’s a good many months now. You see, we’ve been trading for some time to Wanganui, and when a boat goes there she always cleans herself on t,he bottom of the river.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2030, 18 September 1919, Page 3
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175FORTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2030, 18 September 1919, Page 3
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