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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 7562, 29 May 1885, Page 3

The Hon Mr Stout, during his trip from Taupo to Wanganui, travelled by the aid of a canoe for a distance of nearly 130 miles.' ' , Some important experiments in electric lighting have recently been made at Wilhelmshaven. The training shij) Mars has received an installation of electric lighting, costing about .£ISOO. The bridge of the vessel is illuminated by two arc lamps of 1800 candle-power each, and a "searcher of 20,000 candle-power, while the interior of the vessel is lighted by 300 incandescent lamps of twenty-five' candle-power each, The firm of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitohell, and Co., recently launched from their shipbuilding yard, at Low Walker, on the Tyne, a cruiser for the Japanese Government. She is the largest of the class that this;firm has built, and will be • the most powerful warship in the navy of Japan, and one of the fastest-going ships in the world. When complete, she will haveon board eight Armstrong guns of the newtype-