Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. A selection of local petty crime stories reported in the region's May 1921 newspapers.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 8, 2021

The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: Michael Willis; crime prevention; Broadway revamp; information...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North

In the early hours of Sunday May 15, 1977 fire destroyed the cattle pavilion which was being used to store wool by Feltex Wools Ltd. The fire destroyed or damaged $1 million worth of wool and razed the $200,000 building. This fire was one in a s...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1977

The premises of F N Andrews Furnishers Ltd, 184 - 190 Rangitikei Street, were destroyed by fire at about 2am, 13 July 1977. One of the oldest family businesses in Palmerston North, F N Andrews Furnishers Ltd was started in 1902 by Alfred Andrews, ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          184-190 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          July 13, 1977

This newspaper image shows John Joseph Pawelka, a man of certain notoriety in the Manawatu, who was tried at the Supreme Court at Palmerston on 25 May 1910 with the murder of John Patrick Hacket Maguire, a police officer, on April 10. He was acqui...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1910

This is a image of the reward poster for Joseph Powelka (arrested in Ashhurst), an infamous prison escapee in 1910. Powelka’s suspected involvement in a series of robberies, burglaries and arsons led to a reward of £100.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1900