FIFTY YEARS AGO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15520, 30 January 1914, Page 4

FIFTY YEARS AGO.

PRIMITIVE . DUST LAYING. ft SOW'S - LARGE PROGENY, (From the HERALD of January 30, 1864) '|p Wateb-cabts for "the City Streets, are glad to be able to assure our —■ that one, if not two, water-carts wjj| most immediately be set to work. carts are being made by Messrs. ViekertfWSs and Masefield, and are so constructed I on leaving off work for the day ||Ep|||B spreader may be detached, the l^|ffSJ|| nipple screwed on, and the cart left .tfgffjpM of water, to be run wherever any 'Skiv^C may happen to break out. The ? ! for laying the dust will be taken from tW^-^K public pumps, so long as it is found that in doing so the supply for domestic &r. 'f '.5-1 vices of the citizens is not interfered with"" : Hi In such case a resort will necessarily ba "* had to salt water, nor, as apprehended. with any serious inconvenience, if necea!'?' ; *l sarv sea water being applied to the street* * ffj of some watering places in England, 1 without any unfavourable results rata its 5 ' -l^l use. - Prolific Sow.—The population of tssS||l§ Province of Wellington, as will be seen by V:' " J the statistical tables for 1862, had only \ VVI increased by immigration, during. year, the small number of 99. A *Stott, however, as we see by the WelHnfc|Sp ton Independent of the 21st, possesses aSsi sow which will enablo the Empire ?"ro!Ef|pf vince to put forward a better return in J -< " another branch of its population. "MrSfgi Stotl's sow," says the Independent, "prl£!Jpp; duced the enormous quantity of 71 pig£;|§|? : in four litters. The same animal has jusi ; |l|| presented its owner with another brood, of"' - 25 more, making a total of 94 in litters, in the short space of two years and .f§|t one month." If Wellington cannot oV.||tJ| tain the seat of Government, and becoma f||a the "Empire City," it might at least ob£iSff tain Mr. Stott's sow and become " Txirkopolis " of New Zealand.