FIFTY YEARS AGO
EXTRACTS FROM THE HERALO The following are extracts fro® Zealand Herald of January > 1883: . f Although young compared with most o. the colonies of the Australasian group* Zealand has established a high position the matter of population. Victoria, whos e progress has been maintained mainly Djj her rich goldfields, has a population ot 9.6 to the square mile, New Zealand, 4.4. New South, Wales, 2.3, Queensland, 0.3, South Australia, 0.3, and Western Aus. tralia, 0.03. There are 437 persons to tm square mile ini England and Wales.. some extent, tl'P colonies are rivals 4°! the favour of those who have made «!' their minds to leave the crowded doma" 1 of, England. By her advantages, New Zea land claims first place in this regard. The nominations for immigrants to forwarded from Wellington to England next mail are as follows:—Auckland, 90:..; Otago, 85; Wellington, 54; Canterbury. ' 50; Southland, 23; Hawke's Bay, 22[; Nel son, 15; Taranafei, 11; Westland, 7; Marlborough, 4. The American Senate has passed a bill. •removing the civil service from the sphere of politics and making appointments permanent, irrespective of party considerations. • - ■ :
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21378, 30 December 1932, Page 4
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