FIFTY YEARS AGO

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21277, 2 September 1932, Page 8

FIFTY YEARS AGO

EXTRACTS FROM THE HERALD | TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS The following are extracts from th» J New Zealand Herald of September 2» | 1882: . | The Auckland telephone exchange no* | numbers 112 subscribers.. Nearly the whole | of these have been placed in communica- | tion with the central office, but a few | still remain unconnected owing to the lac* g of the requisite plant at the disposal 01 || the department. -Jf* Progress is being made with the erec - jg tion of the concrete wall and ornamental p fence at the Albert Park, notwithstanding | the obstructions caused by wet weather || and streets improvements in Coburg an || Bowen Streets. The ornamental and side | cates on the Princes Street frontage have | Been fixed up, the park keeper s lodgei § well advanced toward completion, and tne m concrete wall and fencing earned round as || far as the old armoury. A corrugated tenc. | is also to be erected from Bowe* Stree m along the back of the occupied allotments |g in order to give the occupiers a back en h trance to their allotments, and also so M g to shut off that right-of-way from -tW|» PU The British colony of Fiji, which used i to be regarded as the most savage V savage islands, is reported } || Colonial Secretary to consist of persons, of whom 1900 belong B Church of Catholics, and 103.000 are WesleyanS. IM-| Wesleyans have 1208 chapels and P- - , g| of worship. There are but about ll,oW£|j the native population left out of the O tian list.