Sirty Years Ago

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21553, 16 January 1940, Page 4

Sirty Years Ago

“ The Timaru Herald,” January 15, 1880 Immigrants Arrive Nelson.—Arrived, ship Eastminster. Capt. Mosley, chartered by Messrs Shaw, Savill and Co., after a passage of 82 days, from Plymouth, with 358 immigrants for Wellington and Nelson, 181 of whom are English, 83 Scotch, 69 Irish, and 17 foreigners. There are 44 married couples, 74 single men. 84 single women. 51 boys. 47 girls and 12 infants. As soon as the Nelson contingent are landed, the ship will go on to Wellington. Arrangements have been made for transferring the passengers and the steamer Murray is now alongside taking the Westland immigrants.

Imported Birds Christchurch.—By the San Francisco mail the Acclimatisation Society received a letter from Mr Walter Kennaway. the Acclimatisation Society’s agent in London, giving the following list of birds shipped per Waimate. in charge of Mr H. Bills: 240 partridges; 100 thrushes; 40 yellow-hammers; 30 redpoles; 110 bramble finches; 40 pheasants; 20 crossbills; 180 quail; 65 siskins; 80 twites; 10 robins; 100 hedge chanters; and 10 reed buntings. No crabs or lobsters had been shipped, as Mr Bills felt that the care of the birds during the voyage was as much as he could undertake with satisfaction to himself. The Waimate had sailed from Gravesend on November 27, and although very bad weather had been experienced during the collections of the birds, Mr Kennaway states, from a personal inspection of the birds on board ship, that they were all in good health and likely to do well.

Honour not Desired Dunedin.—With reference to the “Wellington Chronicle" that Mr Robert Stout had been offered a Supreme Court judgship by the Government. Mr Stout has authorised the “Otago Daily Times” to say that no such offer was ever made, and that had it been made it would not have been accepted, and that he does not intend to allow his political opponents to put him on the shelf quite so soon.

Valuation Lists Notices are given that the Valuation Lists of the Borough of Timaru, and of the Levels and Mount Peel Road Boards are now open for inspection. . . . The valuation list for the borough of Timaru shows that there are 1000 rateable properties, 545 ratepayers. ;nd 665 inhabited dwellings in the Borough. The rateable value this >ear is £49,190. Last year it was £45,240.