FIFTY YEARS AGO

Evening Star, Issue 22085, 19 July 1935, Page 2

FIFTY YEARS AGO

FMM * STAR ’ FILES A dastardly attempt has been proved to have been made to scuttle the brig Transport, which was loading in the Manukau last Sunday, and by which she filled. She settled on a hard substance. An examination shows that three augur holes were bored through the copper. The augur aboard has copper adhering to its screw. Captain Roberts has had a survey made, and proceeds to Auckland for advice and assistance. The vessel belongs to Captain E. Lewis, of Newcastle, and is uninsured. • • • • The will of the late General Gordon has been proved by his relatives at £2,300. He bequeaths the whole of his property to his gister, Mary A. Gordon, • » • • The Mayor of Dunedin was waited on by some of the unemployed with a view to ascertaining if he would forward a petition from them to the Minister of Public Works. The petition was signed by some 70 men who-are out of employment., _ His Worship promised to accede to their request. • • • * The following are the numbers of bankrupts who have filed in the four principal towns of New Zealand up to June 30 under the new Bankruptcy Act:—Christchurch 336, Dunedin 160, Auckland 93, Wellington 78. • • * • It may be interesting to state that since its foundation this colony altogether has sold 12,558,507 acres of land, the total cash received being £12,511,220. In addition there has been an area of 6,161,519 acres granted or reserved under Acts. Of the 1,262 immigrants who arrived in the colony during the year ended May 31, 565 were English, 546 Irish, 141 Scotch, and the balance Germans, Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians, *# l • * The Afghan trouble has not yet been settled. Russia is making fresh demands. The British Government is in receipt of a report from Colonel Ridgeway, who is in charge of the Boundary Commission, to the effect that the Russian forces have been considerably increased. The British Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, is offering firm resistance to Russia’s claims.