FIFTY YEARS AGO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20930, 21 July 1931, Page 6

FIFTY YEARS AGO.

EXTRACTS FROM THE HERALD*

The-following are extracts from th« Nev? Zealand Herald of July 21,18811—^ We learn , by the schooner Sovereign, froin Rurotonga. that the .French hav® annexed the island of Ra'iatea, but-their blandishments 'were showered upon the 'natives of Porapora and Huahine without reward, these people preferring their freedom to becoming a small factor in the European republic, which hj® developed such octopus tendencies wittti the past two or three years. Mr. Ormond has seen the blundermad by Sir George Grey and Mr. Sheeban and snatched out of their hands the ca they wanted to play. He has move amendment in the House ' That tba P posals of the Government on local g°V,,, ment and finance are The motion is one of want of conhd In one respect he appears to be as a partial justification of his procs ing he assumed that, if defeated, Government would seek and obtain a solution, and he said the usual resp bility for such a motion would not volve upon him. We apprehen » in spite of the exultation among t P ponents of the Government, the , ; heads will prefer to take the yerdic the country to that of the House. _ The Marine Department has receive this message from Captain Faircluld, » the Stella:—"There is no mistake ah* the volcano reported near the C Islands, off Cape Colville. We foun without any trouble. The wateris ing xip like a spring for the spac about a hundred feet." Yv^S:;