FORTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TO-DAY

Evening Star, Issue 15433, 5 March 1914, Page 1

FORTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TO-DAY

According to the 'Now Zealand 'Jazeitc' : there are 169 registered medical pmct;- i turners in tho Colony.—-From the " Evening j Star,' Saturday, March 5, 18/0. i ** * } The match between Mr Couriers Tom- ] bov ai.id Mr MacdonaPs Who'd -Ha vl- I Thought-It, for £2O a .side, to-day, wn.; ; won by the former. —From tho 'Evening j Star,' Saturday, March 5, 1870. i A correspondent asks the present popu- ] lation of Melbourne. This is .somewhat ; difficult to ascertain, as we hardiy know , what municipalities are considered " Mel i bourne," nor have we returns at hand later than for 1866. In that year there were in Brunswick 3.000, Collingwood ' 19,300, Emerald Hill 12.000. ' Thz-' roy 12,000, Hawthorne 2,490. Hot ham ; 9,916, K«w 1,600, Melbourne 47.CC0, ; Prahran 11,000, Richmond 11,030, and St.. i Kilda 8,500; total, 167,806. A census is, j we believe, to be taken thi-s year. Tix-. ] statistics of Victoria are classed as .above, i —From the ' Evening Star,' Saturday. ' March 5, 1870. • * -* * We are glad to see the Provincial Hotel ] has been opened by the proprietor, Mr Sib- j bald, and that the monotony of the lower j : pari of Stafford street has been broken j | through. We hear that the Princess ! j Theatre is likely shortly to reopen under j favorable auspices.—From the ' Evening : Star,' March 5, 187 a | ** * j The intercolonial cricket match torn- j irenoed on Thursday. Victoria won the j toss, and scored 181 in the first innings, j Sydney scored 161. Victoria in the second j inning*, scored 336. The Sydney men are i now playing. Major Gordon made 121 for Victoria. —From the 'Evening Star,' March , 5. 1870. |