THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.” SEPTEMBER 11, 1910.
A dairyman at Longburn was _ growing lucerne scientifically, and bad in view the object of grazing 30 cows to 30 acres. It was stated that the Gaming Act Amendment Bill, notice of which was to bo given by Sir Joseph Ward, aimed at the extinction of the bookmaker and the reduction of the number of racing days. In Paris there were 6257 fresh cases of cholera report during the week with 2955 deaths.
General Smuts, speaking at Durban, said that Hertzogism, meaning the dual language system' in the schools, was proving a failure, and must eventually be abandoned. In the final of the_ New Zealand amateur golf championship H. B. Lusk beat B. B. AVood two up. In the professional final J. M. Herd INapier) beat J. A. Clements (Christchurch) 6 and 5. In connection with the South Wales mining trouble, 35 pits, employing 35,000 men, gave notice to cease work at the end of the month.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 243, 11 September 1940, Page 2
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