THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD,” MAY 11, 1910. . Terrific seas had pounded the' Norwegian grain boat Ilia so much, when it was three hundred miles south of lasmania, that it had to return to Sydney. Hie men took to the rigging and many waves broke as high as the mainyard. Southland and Gore had both promised £SO towards the expenses of sending Trembath, the champion rUnner, to England. Hie AVanganui Education Board had asked the Terrace End School Committee to appoint a truant inspector whose salary was to be paid out of the fines received. A London cablegram stated that the funeral procession of King Edward would travel via Whitehall. Piccadilly, Hyde Park, and F.dgeware Road to Windsor Castle. Many kings and princes were visiting England for the funeral, and included amongst them was the Kaiser. _ The Festival of the Pageant of the Empire to be held in London had been postponed till 1911.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 138, 11 May 1940, Page 8
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155THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 138, 11 May 1940, Page 8
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