FIFTY YEARS AGO.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 30 September 1924, Page 9

FIFTY YEARS AGO.

FROM THE; LYTTELTON TIMES, SEPTEMBER 25, 1874.

The Palmer Gold Diggings.— A meeting was held at ihe- Borougn Hotel last' mg t tor tli-e pm-pose ot considering matters relative fta the Palmer , co lS diggings, Queensland. There was a very large attendance, the ioom at disposal ueing unable to accommodate all who desired to take part m the proceedings. ■ Mr. Stott occuiped the chair, and after some discussion a paper, was circulated for sigUatme Ly these willing to guarantee passenpf •? s • should a vessel be chartered for the goldfields, the result Being, that guarantees were circulated for about "fifty persons. A committee vvas/appoim.ed to •make inquiries as to tbs- probable cost ol chartering a vessel;' ithg committee to report to a further meeting to be held on Saturday night. Railway Line. ■ on -lie Kaiapoi and Rangiora section of the northern railway was stopoed yesterday on account of portion' of‘the formation and ballast having been washed away on the previous, night- bv the overflow v;ater from the Rangioiui main drain, hurst its banks on Wednesday about five chains above the new dram bridge. It is stated that six hours’ work will be sufficient to enable the resumption of traffic. Loss of Schooner.—A letter recfeivo.J. from Webster Bros., Taranaki, s'ates that there is very little doubt that the vessel reported as foundering off Cape Egmont was the Garibaldi, which left Lyttelton, loaded .with Tail way jrbfr; for the Waitara. River. Natives saw her ship a very heavy sea, ride over the next and then disappear head first. They are finding a lot of wreckage.