Fifty Years Ago To-day
(From The Southland Times). JULY 22, 1886. Local Government in the Lake District. — The disgraceful state into which public affairs in the Lake County have drifted was brought under the notice of the House yesterday afternoon by Captain Sutter who stated that, according to the provincial district auditor, the rate book for the county had disappeared and was supposed to have been burnt. The state of affairs was simply disgraceful.
From Lumsden.— The Mossburn extension of the Mararoa railway is now about ready for the rails, the earthwork being completed and the sleepers, I am told, are on the ground. Promoting a Lottery.— Auckland, July 21. A man named Williams has been fined 20/- by -the Mercer Bench for a breach of the Gaming and Lotteries Act by promoting a raffle. This was the first prosecution of the kind in the colony. Getting Crowded — The legal profession in Invercargill has another addition to its list of practising members. Mr L. W. Andrews, whose admission to the New Zealand Bar was notified only a few days ago, has commenced in practice here.
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Southland Times, Issue 22948, 22 July 1936, Page 4
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