FROM THE “STAR” SIXTY YEARS AGO.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18785, 14 June 1929, Page 8

FROM THE “STAR” SIXTY YEARS AGO.

ADVERTISEMENTS AND NEWS OF JUNE 14, 1869.

S. John The Baptist.—Last night the church was lighted with gas by means of sunlights fixed near the roof. The new organist, Mr Parker, who arrived by the Caroline Coventry, played for the first time and exhibited considerable skill. *•. ?;

Constable Newland, accompanied by a carpenter, on June 10, was surprised by seven Hau-haus, in ambuscade, two miles on the Wairoa side of Herrick's camp. Newland was shot dead, and afterwards tomahawked. The carpenter escaped by jumping on a trooper's hbrse. •*~r*'* r v The Chamber of Commerce (Adelaide) have passed Mr Tarleton’s resolutions affirming that in districts remote froni any port, where there is a considerable area of agricultural land, it is preferable to open up the same by iron roads in preference to macadamised roads. v •• From the Wellington “Independent": —lt is perhaps not generally known that the salaries of the police force in this province have riot been paid for over four months. The provincial exchequer is in such an impoverished condition, that the constables are forced to live upon credit, and suffer all those inconveniences which result from empty pockets. The Patent Norwegian Self-Acting Cooking Apparatus. Sorensen’s Patent. So highly commended in the “ Times ” and “ London Society,” is on Sale, in several sizes, at the Christchurch Fancy Bazaar. For thb proprietor, W. J. Grand.