THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” APRIL 15, 1910. Sir John Dickson-Poynder (later Lord Islington) the new GovernorGeneral of New Zealand, had been raised to the peerage. George Marlow’s dramatic company was to present two well-known dramas, “Married to the Wrong Man” and “That Woman from Paris,” at the Opera House. Advice had been received from Auckland and Wellington that Halley’s Comet had been seen. It was reported that Mark Twain, the famous American author, was seriously ill. He was aged 74 years. Serious rioting had broken out at Chungsha and Hunan owing to officials cornering the rice supply. Three mission stations had been destroyed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 117, 16 April 1940, Page 2
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105THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 117, 16 April 1940, Page 2
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