FIFTY YEARS AGO

Evening Star, Issue 22720, 6 August 1937, Page 2

FIFTY YEARS AGO

FROM * STAB ' FILES At Rugby Zi nga ri-Rich inoml defeated University by 11 points to 0. * * * * News is to hand irom Ncw Guinea that, tho exploring party despatched by Special Commissioner Douglas Ms returned to Port Moresby. Ihey reached tho top of the mam range between Mount O’Brco and Mount Brown, and report that magnificent country exists on tho other side, the Natives along tho coast were _ quiet. Tho Roman Catholic missionaries at Yale Island aro making good progress inland. They discovered a new river and exceedingly fertile country, which is thickly populated, some of the villages being of great size. • * * * Latest nows from China reports that the s.s. Bonlcdi was wrecked on June 18 while on a voyage from Swatow to Chcefoo. Tho passengers and ciew had a narrow escape from drowning. Swarms of Chinese boatmen looted the cargo, consisting of 4,000 bags of sugar, and sundries, as well as the whole of tho fittings and effects, and attempted to sink the boats. » • « * The report of the English committee on Pasteur’s hydrophobia cure proves to be even stronger in its favour than was reported. The committee was composed of eight of the ablest men in science, and the most competent specialists in the country. They consider _ tho proof _of Pasteur s theory conclusive, and his treatment, in spite of some failures, to be entirely successful, and even recommend it to bo made compulsory in cases of rabies. * * • * The freight on a few packages of goods from a point 225 miles beyond New York to Dunedin was £2 12s 6d. Tho railway freight from Dunedin lor the same goods to Gore (90 miles) was £1 9s 7d. * » • • Owing to tho sudden departure of the German fleet for Samoa, it is believed a step towards the annexation, of one or more of tho islands is contemplated. Tho fleet had intended staying at Sydney until the arrival of the new captain and crew of tho Olga, who are now at Adelaide, but it is supposed tho fleet received orders from Berlin arising out of the decisions of tho Washington Conference. Though the destination was not divulged, it was not denied that the vessels were hastening to Samoa. The officers even were taken by surprise. * » * * There are four cases of cholera at Malta. * * * * An accident, attended with fatal results, occurred at Mr Longworth’s brick-kiln. It seems that Mr William Long worth, a son of Mr John Longworth, the owner of tlio kiln, was engaged with a labourer in removing the supports of a new kiln which had been constructed on tho site of the old kiln, when the whole structure fell to pieces and buried the two men under the falling debris. Several nighbours promptly came to their aid and rescued them, but it was found that young Longworth had sustained fatal injuries, although the labourer escaped serious injury.