THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” AUGUST 12, 1907. The Shannon Brass Band, which had been defunct for some time, had been 1 Maoris at Otaki had decided that their quaint and historic church there was to be used exclusively by themselves. For some 15 years it had been used by Europeans. , .. _. At the monthly meeting of the Terrace End School Committee, over which Mr j j\ Nash had presided, the attendance had been reported at 318. In tho House of Representatives, Air l. Wilford had criticised tho wages paid ir, tho Police Force. It 'took, no slated, a detective 23 years to reach the maximum salary of 14s 6d per day, while policemen were getting less than dustmen in the streets of Wellington. , , A dairy farmer in Taranaki had finished the season with an average yield of £l4 8s per cow. . Rioting with extensive bloodshed had taken place in Belfast.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 216, 12 August 1937, Page 2
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151THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 216, 12 August 1937, Page 2
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