FORTY YEARS AGO.
(From '‘The Manawalu Herald,' April Kith, 1880.)
Sipis nf Improvement. —During the past few days there have been signs of improvement in (he trade at the Manawatu port. Considerable quantities of limber have come clown per rail, and been stacked in the Government yards. Amongst other shipments we notice a large parcel of telegraph poles sent down by Messrs Bailey and Bartholomew, gome time ago the (inns named determined to send their timber away via Wanganui, but it would appear that they find after alt that Boston is the better port. The Bar. —Notwithstanding the fax*! that the Tui crossed the Manauqitu Bar yesterday between two . and three ffbnrs before high-water, T Captain Wills reports finding not less than eight feet of-water on if.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2116, 17 April 1920, Page 3
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127FORTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2116, 17 April 1920, Page 3
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