From rhe "M№obrh-Chixa pewy News," or June 18, 1878
There seems now to be strong probability that the long-vexed question of the extension of Markham Road to Jessfield Road will soon be satisfactorily Settled. The plans of the buildings for the new Hongkew Police Station have been approved of, and tenders are to be advertised for in the newspapers. Some silver-refining operations having been carried on in Probst's Gardens—a report was submitted by the Health Oficer respecting the unhealthiness of the process and further stating that "the refuse fluid, containing sulphate of copper and other impurities, flowing into the Defence Creek, render the water unfit for domestic purposes."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.