A number of local Rugby enthusiasts proceeded to Palmerston this afternoon to witness the Manawhe-nua-Maori match. In Ashburton the other day all sorts and conditions of dogs to the number of 17 were collected in a street and fought for hours. Five £2O notes lost in Auckland were picked up by a youth neai St. Matthew’s Church (and were returned to the owner, Mr. S. Barry-. The finder was ewarded by a gift ot £5. . An idea of the intense cold Which has been experienced in Central Otago during the past two weeks is supplied in a letter which states: “The town of Alexandra was without water for days as the race which feeds the reservoir was completely frozen, and those who were lucky’ enough to have tanks had to keep fires continuously burning m petrol tins in order to prevent their contents undergoing a similar fate.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3669, 23 July 1927, Page 3
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147Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3669, 23 July 1927, Page 3
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