EIGHTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26842, 5 August 1948, Page 4

EIGHTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

FROM THE FILES OF THE ©tajo 2>atl\> Utmea I DUNEDIN, AUGUST 5, 1863 { “The;following extract with regard 150 the Stagburn rush, is taken from a Ijetter, the writer of which can be relied upon:—'l have just arrived here, and was surprised to find so large a place. Although, of course, very rough, it in size equals the Arrow, and the number of persons to be seen on the yurt is .much larger, from the fact that around the township is not yet wcrkesk out. The population is very large, aOtost-'-SGOO; and there is no doubt that the place will be worked for some time to come.’ ”

“The High School of Dunedin \ was yesterday opened by his Honor, the Superintendent, as chairman of the General Education Board; Messrs T. Dick, pro- ; vinclal secretary; W. H. Reynolds, provincial treasurer; and James 4 Paterson, and other members of the board being present, together { with Mr Hislop, the secretary. • There were also present the Rev. i Dr Burns and the Revs. Edwards, i f Stuart and Christie, and about a score of other persons, apart from ■1 Messrs Abrams and Brent, the j masters, and the boys entered as ’• pupils.”

I “ The wooden footpath ih Manse ■street bounding the Melbourne Club Hotel, has for some time been iin a state which has been dangerous as well as disgraceful. What with existing holes, bits of board j roughly nailed over old ones, land loose and broken planks, | ! the chances have been greatly in favi our of passers-by tripping, stumbling 4or having a leg passed through. On Friday afternoon a ' little girl who ! loitered for a moment, ran to overtake j her mother while on this treacherous | bit’ of pathway, and one of the child’s l.feit slipped through a hole. It was j found that the leg was so firmly i jammed just below the knee that it I was impossible to extricate the limb ? without cutting some of the planking. .! This was speedily done with a saw, ;; but meanwhile, the child’s screams I were piteous, although it was found t that she was not much hurt.”