THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” AUGUST 14, 1907. An effort, had been made to establish a high school at Rongotoa. There had boon a building boom in Hastings. Premises io the value of £40,000 were in tho tour so of erection. The Kairangn, County Council had decided to strike a general rate of Id in the £ The All Blacks had played seven matches in Australia, five being won, one lost and one drawn, They had -cored 96 points, while 47 had been scored against them. 'flic Victorian Government, bad placed a, tavilT on timber and it had been staled that butter-box manufacturers using New Zealand pine would contribute £IO,OOO per annum.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 218, 14 August 1937, Page 2
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112THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 218, 14 August 1937, Page 2
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