NEWS IN BRIEF.
Manawatu Times, Rōrahi V, Putanga 163, 1 Whiringa-ā-nuku 1881, Page 3
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NEWS IN BRIEF.
; il One of the largest' belU m the worlg has been constructed at Bingley, End. It is 13£ ft long and 6f ; wide. Six hundred horsepower is intended to be transmitted 'by it. It is wi re-stitched and }hand-£e~wn, care hew °j tafeeu to "break tbe joints", veiy. effect i vely by ihc arrangements of >eyeral sections of which it is composed;- " Ifierr Vtiedemann h« shown th i Swedish filfe y in«- paper, 'r.-.a'e'l with srlfphuVic and nitric acifi," a* m the r)vopes3 •for making vegetable parchment, ! -» messes u^aikiibleelcttric properties. ifpfa<d on a waxed cloth, or on the ovdiiary panted oilcloth, perfectly dry, and rub;bedj:it will give ont sparks sveral inches m length, i ■'louring the recent bm/ag of iJt*, : Bteamfer Bombay, m the Shcujjo?.: river, a boa^s crew from a Ctiin J/.jjale, w * .sent t;o fire ; nto the vessel, aud p-julsavor to- sink her. This was the r :il.: — Three shot 3 wete fired at a distance of 50" yards ; two missed the vo/sel, and the third wmt throirh the side of the boat frjiu which it was.fiied. . A* ; J° uri S man «amed Henry 'Went, who was employed m the railway goods sleds at Newcastle (New Soulii Wales), delVoe-ately shot a fellow wor!. . :<m m the arm ? and then shot lrim.^lf m the head.' = His recovery is" considered doubtful, but his -victim has not been piously wounded. Jealousy is stated to be the cause ot the deed. ' * • Thelast nia'iin. the^iipos list ( at the Cambridge University was this yearpro«?nted with a la gV woof en shovel, upon wkich the arms of his college werb embl?.sobetl m brilliant color 3. It was let down from tlie i ga I !ery of the theatre by means of two strings, and the, recipient carried it off gracefully, c.mid roars of laughter and loud applause.. The t!me honored spoon has been abolished. No marriage at North Fell, Shetland, was celebrated duri ng the past ; eleven mouths, aud for the yea; births were under the average. Should this state of .matters' continue unchecked, School 'BonVds and teachers may shut up, and the poor remunerated registrar wbo must be always st h : ?|.p'ost. alfiou^h only fingering bl a boo us, will bavc sulrcient time to rgh "over an empty ur.e. ; " The manufacture of cheap candles from white ea?.th, or terra, > mixed, wjih aliv.'e' sugsr and glucoi:, is carried ou extensively m New York A census-t.il:er who invest iga'ed. .the coafectjoriitvy business reports that t£. per cent, of sirne candies is composed of the-'.; ku^shncts, and ' sonle ! candy notably "gum di'dp* 5 ," conlaij still less sugar. • It is found that there are amongst the mayors of England and Wales twentyseven toH ab^tai.ifevs. la addition 1o tbis list there are a number of other mayors who are warm ."tieuds of the te.n--peancß ct'imy who, iLou h praciica teelotaieis, are not . deeb d . abstj'ioevs and olbers wbo are earnest supporters of Sunday cloi'mg and local option. The defenceless conditions of tue'priDci- t rl mercauiilcporls of the United Kingdom |s to be made the subject of enquiry by a-com' *'tcee of naval and" military I officers, who will repot t to IlerMijesty's Government the best means to be auopted I {or addiug to the seeuiily ef thoseimppr, taat place. The Duke and Duchess; of Pa. ma tjatl i a n-rvow escape T enn drowning jrst before their ex^-u-lb-' -■>. Lorn Spin. Wbile tb ey were dri yi.ug by. i? i^ht io Albu fe a tbeir hor Vtook f ight v t a boat moored , in.tbe..canal x and pvecipito'rfl tbe 63 '■• i c inlo the wa r. T.'lxe ihui, of tbe door hd, to be broke ; , and fey were exmeaUi, un* u'/'m; 1 -i<.- '•■"- ii<-'-- ■■'•■•--• ■'■*• ! The l»'e«n* : annual, .production of *qninine'lhi ; otr hout tUe world h c«lic??f -»d as 1 foFews:— -A.iieiic?, GS.OOOlb; Gerttfaavv 56,2501 b ; ? Ttaly,'.4s,op'6ib; R.?»ce, 40,0001 b; i EtfgfonVl'. '■ 27/ 001 b; Indj -, 12,5PP1b. ;> )T,!)e . ( . ( jfcii]aii i .-.>.cioVy. i'seoid-. large" supplies to" Itussia, Piavice, and Austria." " l "" '' ' ' " : . FifLy-t^o died m England m the year ISSO kpCttg lovinnes oi'JE 100,000 j and upwards. ' Three ( of hz . le^t more tban l a'mit! ? 6n— The Duke of Poriland, £1,500,0 V; V :. JoJn Williams, of G^e'hayes Cast le-Ooro wall, £1 ,600,000 ; «ud SJv. Thomas Rjgley, ot Tiinbe'-h'uvst, Unc?shire' ; £i,^o() ? 000. ''' f Good Teiiipjiiry;'9ccortlinor lotbe latest reports, is.nbw making rppid pr" 'ess m m New South JWaTes^ Thera are now 174 .working lodges, :w?th <be to/; 1 roll of 9176nicuberg— an increase ol 1 22 per cent. for_the year. . T':e juveu ; !e lodges bavo been gieatjy ( augment?d, jind a vffry scccessful lodge wasfbrr^ed on the Blakgowrie immigrant ship while n n. route to New <South W?U9. ' , :■; . Some of the members at the French school at Athens, while ma^irg an ej?cnyt'on alorig' the wester ,{ coast of Asia Mino)', have -discovered close to Bud iin (Halikarnassoss) the longest, Greek .infcciiption [yet •known. It waslyjog at .the bpttora of a spviag of clear water at which they h.^d b.alte,d for their midday meal, , , ~ Large quantifies of (green flax ktve, ■lately been sent Y o Melbourne from Wellington for pape* 1 mak'ng; The'-'bayers seem to have) tiredof paying freight ib/a lot of uselm materJal, and have made an offer to & W^ellington citizen to reduce the ttiix to pul^ before being tent, the useless ;p?ft of the plant being .thus throwji away there iasiead of at' Mel bourne. ; It has been esf 'mated 'that every shell fired- by anWiny dv -ng wege opera; 'on£ costs^ with the powder^ with which the moitaris charge^ the Rum of £1 15 b. The Boers are-aew- publishit?g' a papen called the South African Republic Ga zei'e X British rule in^ South .Africa is! entirely! ignored m its 'columns;' 1 '■ Lieut. Houston,-pf'j^b.e^Vic(:orJ.''n naval! service, wbo so gallantly saved life on tbe! occasion of tbe, neefntr tonpedo: explosjbnj Was 1 recently presented with an ncid'ees. j [ Miss Gordon Cuamring, a y,ou n» Indy' residing in-the'U'oited ri Sf? 4! rs, says vliot a; ven.ej^ble cannibal m New 7teq)?-u vboml she'vi^itfd m company with an obese di- ■ vine, s 1 roked down :a/nd Jgeotly!p-odded the rev. gentleman m a rranner pa ui fully su^res' iye of , Sydney Smith's joke about "Cold cu.aie ou the sideboa-d." A>i AmetJ;Can^9,OA'aVfStl t itely remarlced, " Wliat a queer ,fi>mble of old and new this- «orldl is "ftcttin-j- to be' r- Sf-vret c^rs rattle abpn < t l iß.onie,.sewJag machia'cs^ck m j[eru| r aiemj, the.. Kevue • Duex l|f MQEdes is ti:k"e.uau M ale trickles down +IVe 1^ tHe astonished Obelisk h^PYH tbe rumble of tbe elt rated ra' Ir oa<l, imi ai l 1i: no^ prof.jrsr tx«» I pounds Plato
