FIFTY YEARS AGO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21233, 13 July 1932, Page 6

FIFTY YEARS AGO.

EXTRACTS FROM THE HERALD.

WARFARE IN EGYPT. The following are extracts from th« New Zealand Herald of July 13, 1882: A cablegram from Lojidon states.—* " Intelligence has reached Reuters offica that the bombardment of Alexandria -y the English Fleet commenced this morning (July 11) at 5 o'clock, and is now proceeding. The cannonade' s and is principally directed upor' the which have been erected by the kg. P tians. The forts have returned the. WJ and heavy bombardment has co" on both sides. Two of the for s been blown up by an explosion and iw guns of another have been silenced, remainder of the forts are n °w sac . j » u,g their fire. None of the ironclads has yet suffered any material damage. The tramway question again" com" ? for discussion at the City Council« «* ting this evening, ft will be remem that it was adjourned owing to th ceipt of a telegram from a Duned that a Melbourne capitalist ' [he mitting a scheme, or compehng for construction of the.lines c^ mP / 3 the by the council. The conditions „ contract have been rare*" l y J a[lf ) the whole question will be rev e gnb . possibly settled to some extent. A committee of the c ° rjracticabilitJ collecting data as o P "electric of street lighting,by means light. -