FORTY-FOUR YEARS AGO

Evening Star, Issue 17793, 15 October 1921, Page 3

FORTY-FOUR YEARS AGO

In tha opening game of the Dunedin Cricket Club tbo President's aide made OP (Paramor 25, hcl-rh:no 16 h'awcvlt not out 19, .Kennedy 14). I’ho Vice-president's eleven responded with 56 fur seven wickets (Tait 1C). The Atkinson Ministry v;;v defeated on a no-(fonf;Jenco motion tabled by Mr Lurnach by 42 votes to Ml. The, retirement from Cabinet of Sir Donald M'bean and Mr Richardson in favor of Mr Whitaker and Mr Ormond were factors in tiso result. -A- vp •Si* 'X' Company formed for quarrying and disposing of the beautiful p-cnc abounding between the Ka leaned River and Ihe vVauaiu. Tho provisional directors \vnet; .Messrs M'Grcgor, C.K., If. A. Lawson, .James Mill,-;, J. T. Mackerras, Robert Vnisrju, and Walter Cl utlirie. * r- 4Indian Famine Jtrl!f-f Fund C un-.r,;'ice sot up, and the city divided info di ,-tnc! a to ensure a thorough canvass lor donation s . The mayor was authorised to forward a first donation of £2OO to Madras'. •M- & rff* ->:• Tbs announcement (tint the ‘Draco Guardian’ had been absorbed by the ‘Otago Daily Times’ was followed by the further intimation that ft penny morning paper, to bo cailcil tbo ‘Morning Herald,’ would bo issued in November. ■» * -it Tire following gentlemen wore, sworn in as members of the Ministry before tbo Governor: —Sir George Grey (Premier), Messrs flhochan (Mfttivo), ila cumin:-/,' (I,ami), and Lanmch (Works). Mr Baliauco was to join as Treasurer.