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Lyttelton Times, Volume LIX, Issue 6837, 26 January 1883, Page 6

A diabolical act was committed by an Egyptian, who has been arrested by the Malta police, charged with throwing poisoned comfit* about, which children picked up and ate, resulting in death. A very rare silver coin has just been unearthed near Bruno, Moravia, It boars on one side tbe portrait ea relit/ of Attilla, King of the Hons, with tbe inscription, “ Attilla Bex.," and on the other tbe outlines of a fortification, with tbe word "AqalUja." It is supposed to dale book to the time of Trojan, and hence is about 1430 year* old, China's naval defences have taken another •tep forward. In addition to her new European warships, she has recently adopted the German system of ordnance and torpedoes, and she intends now, it is rsportod from Berlin, to introduce the new German system of plated fortifications for the defence of her new naval forts. Krupp guns will be employed exclusively in ••mounting these forts.

A national observatory is about to be erected on the summit of Ben Nevis. It* situation in tbe middle track of the depressions or storms of Northwestern Europe is one of the chief reasons for its selection, as observations made there most be of far greater value in their relation to the theory of cyclones than the mountain observations in Southern France, where the principal observatory for this branch of meteorology is at present situated.