DELAYED CABLES.
LONDON, November 22.
An experb lecturer on electricity gave evidence that; Harness admitted big ignorance of science, and that the virtues claimed for bis appliances were ridiculous and Impossible, Tbe batteiies were a sham and the whole system was delusive.
The Dover lifeboat men, ad the fifth attempt, succeeded io rescuing a fishing ojew at) Dnngeness wbo bad clnng to the rigging of their boat for 50 hours. Tasmania will float) a loan of £600,000 early in January.
Lord Alcester (better known as Admiral Seymour, who commanded the British fleet at the bombardment of Alexandria) supports Lord Charles Beresford's naval shipbuilding programme.
Vienna, November 22.
An Anstrian engineer has invented terostatlc sails, to be driven by steam. Experts consider the invention likely to prove successful.
Paris, November 22.
In the Chamber of Deputies M. Dnpuy, the Premier, announced that the Government programme will include restrictions upon the manufacture of explosives and the formation of secret societies,
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9538, 25 November 1893, Page 3
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