Fifty Years Ago Today

Southland Times, Issue 23308, 18 September 1937, Page 6

Fifty Years Ago Today

(From The Southland Times)

SEPTEMBER 18, 1887

Police Court— At this court, on Saturday morning an offender with many previous convictions recorded against her, was fined £2 with one week’s imprisonment, in default for having been drunk. It appears that the woman was discovered in a ditch in Clyde street, where she would probably, have suffocated in mud and water had it not been for the prompt action of two young men, who, seeing her there, dragged her out and informed the police. When taken to the lock-up. in a barrow, her head, face and clothing were covered with mud.

Fire at Dipton.—A house at Dipton belonging to and occupied by Mrs Healey was destroyed by fire on Thursday morning, only a few articles of clothing being saved. When the family went to bed there were only a few smouldering embers in the fireplace, and the origin of the fire is a mystery. The house was insured for £l5O. Acclimatization. — No fewer than 100,000 English salmon fry are to be liberated in the Aparima river today. Mr Deans, of the Dunedin Acclimatization Society, arrived in Lumsden with the fry last night and was met there by Messrs A. M. Campbell and G. Basstian, sen It is to be hoped that the experiment will be attended with every success as the acclimatization of the salmon is a matter of the greatest importance to the district.