FIFTY YEARS AGO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15521, 31 January 1914, Page 6

FIFTY YEARS AGO.

yOURNALISTIO SARCASM, | SITE FOR ."EMPffiE I (Prom th« HIBAID, m nstJl ' ' ' * Tendess for the erection of ' , I ( . in the centre of Cook's StraY -Si a for the site of an "Empire CuV-^t ; . quired by the firm of Renard pm^ ... and Quirk. Th platform W??^| e sufficient strength to resist all \ t from the wind and waves'i/Hi s enough to resist the violent^,J* 4 * I a earthquakes which so constant]. i that locality. To ensure 18111 a form will be supported ojOft „ springs, the ends of which wj]i£ d ally fixed in the provinces ofW^^S i Nelson, Marlborough, and CaateP^ i these springs are firmly welded ♦^'' ll it is supposed that the inhabitants 3 Venice of the South may hWMPIS a time of it, as they will monopolise : % ~ commerce of New Zealand, Auckland ■'« s meantime been blown ur> uj,,s°ft^fe'i a powder. The tenders must be Jill the Greek kalends, after which M _ will not be received, and plans an?^ , fications may be seen at the office^? 5 ? 1 * architects, Messrs. Selfish BrotSlPl B Co., Wellington; or at their teafe^ 1 conducted by Blarney PitzblatiS J celebrated 'castle in the air "'-Cw^l fc Cashell Street, Christchurch. The']^ I tiser is desirous of having the work' * 1 menced before the decision Gf.'ths? s ': tralian Governors can be received- MSM ■' made, as in selecting the future'iv*' - abouts of an " Empire city," thesit*!^ 4 necessarily be a " picked un." No*«?^'3 tionist need apply. tt °; ?6 ?^