Fifty Years Ago

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 20 April 1935, Page 7

Fifty Years Ago

EXTRACTS FROM “HAWERA

STAR”

APRIL 20, 1885,

The Saturday special train between Wanganui and Hawera. does not seem to be a success at present. We sup-; pose it would be too much to expect the department to endeavour to popularise if in the direction of making it a cheap excursion train. Failing more traffic than at present, it is pretty easy to see that the Saturday special will soon be a thing of the past. * * -x- * *

There are at least five claimants to the throne of France, and it is not likely that the tribe will ever be extinct, but to most people it will be news that there is a claimant to the throne of England. In a private letter which has recently been received from Savannel, the following passage occurs: “Not far irom here there lives a man named Howard, who calls himself Lord Baltimore, and declares that he intends to prosecute a claim to the throne of Great Britain. Until recently he kept a store, but upon the strength of liis representations, and of some old documents which he freely exhibits, several Georgians, who ought to know better, have advanced him money and are encouraging; him to take his case before the English Court.

The Ruapehu this trip took: a large cargo, including 14,000 frozen sheep, 118 frozen rabbits, 30,000 sovereigns, gold to the value of £33,930, and a quantity of wool, preserved meats, tallow/ honey, hops, hides, frozen beef, and miscellaneous cargo. The mails consisted of 44 bags of letters and newspapers. * * * * *

A telegram from Wellington states that a heavy gale set in last night, and about 4 o’clock this morning half the Exhibition building in the course of erection was blown down. The contractors estimate the damage at between £4OO and £SOO.