FIFTY YEARS AGO

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21758, 24 March 1934, Page 8

FIFTY YEARS AGO

EXTRACTS FROM THE HERALD The following are extracts from the New Zealaxd Herald of March 1884: . A correspondent writes: In tJna colony, especially in the North Island, the cultivation of silk-, tobacco, to o olive and the lemon, beside other fruits, may well engage our prompt attention. Tobacco has been grown in almost every native settlement for years. Lemon trees in some orchards in the city are now bearing in abundance. The oln' o and the mulberry thrive abundantly* At a meeting of the Parnell Borougn Council last evening a committee consisting of Messrs. Ireland, Weyinoyt and Mullens recommended that advertisements be inserted calling for volunteers for a fire brigade for Parnell. A set of regulations was drawn up i 0?. the conduct of the brigade, an the committee's recommendation adopted. Our Helensville correspondent write . I am credibly informed that a P ra tice equal to £6OO a year awaits a eligible medical gentleman who wo cablegram from London states that Gordon Pasha,, in his report, mention the extreme gravity of the sitim at Khartoum, and requests Bntisn assistance at once. Telegrams Souakim state that the British troop will attempt to capture the re Osman Digna and his adherents n Wednesday. .—— ——