THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 132, 4 May 1940, Page 2

THIRTY YEARS AGO.

EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” MAY 4, 1910. The Palmerston North Coursing Club was offering £SO and' a cup for the Manawatu Maiden Stakes, which was to be run at the club’s enclosure at Terrace End. . An attempt had been nmde to poison Madame Marguerite Carre, Ahe leading soprano at the Opera Comique stated a report from Paris. Two of Madame Carre’s guests were reported to be seriously ill as the result of being poisoned. The Daily Mail (London) had offered a further £IO,OOO as prize-money for the person who flew between London and Paris. The contest was open to aviators of both France and England. , _ , The Palmerston . North Borough Council had issued permits for the month of April to a value of £4015. Eleven were for buildings. : A London report stated that Sullivan. Barry’s trainer for the world’s sculling championship match on the Zambesi River against R. Arnst, had resigned owing- to a disagreement with the management committee. The death had occurred of one of the men who was injured when the Otira Tunnel collapsed at the Bealey end. Two of the men were still imprisoned in the works.