FIFTY YEARS AGO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20931, 22 July 1931, Page 6

FIFTY YEARS AGO.

EXTRACTS FROM THE HERALD* The following are : extracts from New Zealand Herald of Ju'y i 1.881; — Earl Clanwilliam has advised the u° eminent that the detached squadron leave Sydney to-morrow for Auckland, will remain here for five days ana Royal Princes will be able to visit hot springs and lakes of the North Is r J he Hinemoa will be placed at the posal of the Princes to carry tliem Tauraiiga. h en During tiic last few years it has frequently stated, with what re truth we are unable to say, that leaders of thought in Australia " come somewhat jealous of the Ft' , made by our own little sea-gut c and that our contemporaries iu AuS . generally ignore our existence. • standinc these circumstances, a •, ledce of our true state and gradually becoming known among lellow-colonists in Australia. We name not a few wealthy men froo %'arious Australian colonics and who, during the past 18 monthS;> selected Auckland as their home in c , quence of the climate and the hea scenery. Political gossip takes a somewhat tn . fied tone to-day. Concerning the , j4 ing division, it is quite the combined Opposition Party is lsss «jj 0 . fident than it was yesterday. Many * isters yesterday freely admitted * n .Ljf feat was almost a certainty; t°" *x. attitude is wholly different and scrt that the Government will sur Mr. Ormond's ingeniously-worded mo