THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” AUGUST 11, 1907. \t the annual meeting of the Woodvillc Jockov Club it had been reported that the profit' on Iho year's working had been £606 Mr S. Bolton had been re-elected president and Mr J. Leithcad vicc-presi-C '°The eo s t of defence in New Zealand for the year had been estimated, at £184,024. " - Tlio JTorowlicnua County Council had not been in favour of the Government takin" over th*. Mauawatu Company s railway a.s the loss of rates would amount, to £IOOO. , , . ... . Tho seasons lambing had been untavourablo and of 10,066,000 lambs estimated to have been born it was not expected that more than 6,000,000 would survive the cold weather. Tlioro had been an 18 months drought in Otago and heavy losses suffered by farmers. Rain-making experiments had been carried out.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 215, 11 August 1937, Page 2
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138THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 215, 11 August 1937, Page 2
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