THIRTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD ’
SEPTEMBER 23, 1910. A miner and his three daughters recently look £BOO worth of gold from their beach claim at Okarito. Westland, for three weeks’ working. In the House of Representatives Mr (later Sir Thomas) Wilford asked that money bo devoted to the nationalisation of oil-bearing areas which, he contended, should be carefully guarded from monopolies. The London wool sales had opened with great competition between Home and Continental buyers, making a 7i per cent, advance. Super Merino was quoted at Is Id to Is 3id. Tho workmen owning the Cornish Salvage Company, stated, a London cablegram, had made a profit of £IO,OOO out of the warship Montague, which had been wrecked at Lundy Island in May, 1906. China was paying a unique honour to the Gorman Crown Prince by inviting him to reside in the Forbidden City during his visit to Peking.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 258, 28 September 1940, Page 8
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149THIRTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 258, 28 September 1940, Page 8
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