FIFTY YEARS AGO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20902, 18 June 1931, Page 8

FIFTY YEARS AGO.

EXTRACTS FROM THE HERALD.

The . following are;,extracts j from th« New Zealand . Heeald of C J uho . 18, 1581': • ' • ' • - •

r A sixth-class railway station is about to -.be built at Morningside. t ., '• Mr. J. C. King is a bold man. He proposes to join Ireland to Scotland by a gigantic mole, stretching from the Mull of JKintyre to Tor Point, Antrim, a- distance of 19 miles. The scheme is, of course a mere dream.

' Strong representations were made to the Government yesterday respecting the outbreak of smallpox at Sydney and Sir William Fox cabled Sir Henry Parkes for authoritative information. As a result of the reply the Ministers have had no alternative but to declare the city of Sydney, and the harbour of Port Jackson an infected district. All steamers coming from Sydney will have to undergo quarantine. A Sydney message says the Ivew South Wales Government has proclaimed all China ports infected. The committee appointed to discuss the shipping of frozen meat to England passed thf> following resolution yesterday That the Government should be asked to instruct its sheep or cattle inspectors throughout New Zealand to provide information on the number of fat cattle in each district, the number exported, the probable increase within two years, and the local consumption." Telegrams from Panama report considerable discontent among the employees on the canal works, which are being seriously impeded.