LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Express, Volume XIX, Issue 124, 11 June 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

To Contractors.^ We would remind ' intending contractors that tenders will bo received up to noon to-morrow (Tuesday) for tho qreotiori of Mr G-. C, Carter's new hotel. ■ ' ' " ' Prouress.— The Wellington Woollen Mannfactaring' Company wa3 registered on Saturday. ,The Southern faotories have had several years' statf of tho Empire City, bat the new company should pay. A Novel Idea,— Being incensed at the Licensing Committee granting licenses for two new hotels, the women of Syden- ; ham (Canterbury); purp<wa;<;ho}dingl an ' indignation mooting.

.'•The OovEiisoii and tut. Maoms. - ' Sir George Grey has received a letter i from tha Kingite chiefs, expYofciing their . i satisfaction at the Sentiments expressed I by the Governor during his vocent visit. Bad Weather.— Captain Edwin telegraphed at 12*36 p.m. to-day, aa follows :■■ —Bad weather, approaching between West and South ami South-east. Glass rise fast, and wind changing by South, with much oolder weather. Indinatijus Pukctualitv.— At the sitting of the Court thi( niorning, m; answer to a request for the hearing of a civil case which had a few minutesbefore been struck ont through the nod-apflearanoe of. the parties interested when tty <kse\tras r called^ pprn r for hearing, Mr- Turnbull stated that although he would he^ar the oase m question, it must ,be diatihotSr^'^wfcSd that future whon casa|3 weie'oaljed an, if complain,'an( did Bot-appeaVaMhattime, the'oase'would be attack out, and no reinstatement granted, rj rxy fi y, ,,. I'/ «.[ -t r Y Thb GAB-iTnVsbipb m towWthat are connected with the gas mains were lit up on Saturday evening/ and! the [general i opinion expressed was that it is a wonderful improvement on. j the . kerosene H([ht. The? clock tower was also lighted, enabling Spectators to tell the time more easily. At the establishment of Messrs ' Glrfibg '. an H ICoU i effeotf was 1 par-' ticularly noticeable. A Bbpeoaoh.— The Governor inspected the Government Srififing Qffipe aty Wellington the olb'tf 'eMy.^hile' tHe building was lit with the eleotrio light. He expressed satisfaction at the result obtained by , the use of electricity aa an Ula,n>inator. ' Bis ! remarks on. the blinding ''itself, ' however, were not complimentary, as it, ia inconvenient, 'and' unsuitable for'the pfirpdse for which it is used.. The Governor is right. The offioe, as H is'oatlea', ! i3far too small, is badly ventilated, and the impure air breathed m it has fyVpn' lM4y ah: anfortunate comp. his first opportunity of .paying « goqd ilpng doctor's bill, : It is to 'be'hoj) ed tHat the 'GbVernra'ent will act on the hint given by his Exeellenoy,,and take immediate steps to remedy 1 the evil' oorhplained, of, f „ - , ( *jQ}f MiftrftfihUni -OoioSTSTi/-; 'We are pleased to observe that a "gentleman, who was born m New Zealand, Mr, Josiah Harding, M.1.C.8., a son of Mr j. Harding, of .Mount Vernon, Hawko's Bay is inaking.Eiis mark'ia foreign lands. Mr Harding has alrrady planned and carried out several railway lines through very difficult. country m Bolivia, and be ia now e&gagoa ofltlio, preliminary s^ryey^; for a work of much greater magnitude and im- J portance, being no less than the construction of a railway across the vast mountain chain.' of tb,f Abodes at a hjiitfht of ; three mifea-aboVe ttie 1 sea level. AVriting ;fTora!Anto£»gaa^ain February to hisfriends ,m Hawke'aTSay^ he 'gives sotne'interest- ' ing-pattUiuJa'rs of-, the work, from whioh the following; .is/ani extract :— " Had I Jbeen able to get' a mrt m New Zealand m mjjlovvniprpfiissioii I should probably not have left however, I have now the prospect; 'of W 'opportunity tfia<! seldom i occursf-jtjhat'ib; jto pjrrya rajlw&y aoroßS, the Andes, at a. height^oi rthre'e miles: Above ke'a level.' '■ I was Very successful. in. my^ijtv,ey ( .^djiound a far better routs' than could naro been expeoted. Thajino will-go on'cifetinaally rising'frdm Its' pro, Ben|tomi^us] to/ th^ peak of .Aseotan, abou.t jSO miles, with^ maximdin 'gradient of l'ia:4oi'.'a'nVl!ncWheroa reverse gradient 80 thatthe trnna'will ran down withoat steam beaHy SSO'triiles. is the bnlk uf tho cargo >»■ towards (the sea, it beoomes. of great .importance; m the economioil' working of 1 the railway that there, should be nOjintorraptiori in 1 the eohtiduous des-' cent, -Of course, after orossing thesum-, mit dl ttie Annes, ''whioh we pass at 15,800 feet above, sesjlsvel the^inehas to ' .descend, but with very easy .'gradient?, tho lowest part of the line on the other side being nearly 13,000 feet above so«---level, and the terminus at Hunachaoa about 14,300 feet; ? The?; total 'dfs&uW from Antofagasta.will- be.. nearly 400 mileß, with probably a branch line of about 3Q . miles, i My, rooent •ex.peditito was undertaken'tb'Snd tne besVrouta and see whaj^ were thejoJyeXii^ojjliifiaJjl. thfi. "way fbutT expect to receive orders soon to start on a regular survey of iho whole, line. If Aerajlway befma|9j4of wbic£ there is very little doubt— it will probably keep ' me here foe some yaprl, as by? the . time.the^inain'lin^ is- finisteJ,?it uf^oer-. tain that surveys for extensions will De , required." Ia the^mb.lefjtpFi'l&JHardv ing thus describes the climate of the almost rainless region from whence 'be writes :— "This part of the world is very healthy, the air beingldfy'itfd'oool.'Mn: Antofagasta we never have the thermometer above 82 nor, be\ow iO.iand alw.ays a light southerly breeze; Olondy- weather we often have, bnt very/.rirely .anj.rain... Deaths of children are very common here, but I believe it fa ohiefly from neglect, and ignorance';' adults have very goad health and proportion' of deaths is very ioiafl-.' ''we' never : have storms,': either of wind, rain, or thunder ; but just aoross th'e'-Ande3 the thunderstorms are terrific, and deaths by lightnfng are 1 ' not uncd'mmdn; ' T^his tremeudons amount of thunder appears tj be fcauled "by the moating Of tho warm* raoist^ winds frotri the Aklantio with the almost constant current of cold dry air from the South Pacific." Rhsidknt Magistrate's ConßT.— At the sitting of the above' Court to-day, before J. J. Turnbull, Esq., R.M., J. B. Green was fined os and costs for allowing his ohimney; to catoh fire*. s The following civil oases were disposed of :— Earll and M'Kenzie v. S. Hutcheson, claim £11 os Cd, verdiot for plaintiffs with coats, £1 ; Mitohel\ v. Giblin, cla^m 13s, adjourned to the 18th;; P. Hi Pickering and Oo.' v. T. Law, claim £23 11s Id, judgment for amount and oosts, £3 7s. The Court then rose. .. -.-..- -.- As Jbise Bbujty.— The people of Belfast,. Irelandj hay? almost gone mad over tha pure Greek fade, with its artistically arched brow, the clasically pillared throat, and exquisite complexion nf a young Irish girl born m Blackrock, County park, and a worker m Carter's mills m the city of Sne linen. She is described as eclipsing any female which the British Iblos or Ireland have produced m all the elements' of surpassing loveliness. So great we the crowds that surround the mills to see her, that the "proprietors allow her to depart a.blfj hour before the other ■. operatives, • m order to get rid i of the polite mob. Lately, she visited a shoe shop on North-street; Belfast, , kept by one Maginnis, aud was followed by several hundred peopl?. Tiief crowd in- j creased to such an extent that policemen were called m requisition, and the be- ; seiged boauty waa compelled to beat a ; retreat through the rear- door. ■ Ireland! gave birth to the three Sheridan sbters.i called the Three Grabes in bOnteqaenbe of! their extreme beauty, and hero is a. Hebe who seems to eclipse all. , ; .! ' ! MiNpro Wrrb Limb. v-Thaiew method of mining coal by breaking down with, compressed lime, whioh was first spoken! of last summer, has ttow passed beyond the experimental stage, and its utility has been demonstrated beyond question The operation consists m drilling shotholes m the roof of the coal, into which cartridges of specially prepsred limestone are introduced. By forcing water on to the limestone steam is generated, and this, with tho expansive Force of the lime, completes the work of disintegration. The advantages of this method of ooalmining are that the risk and dangers which inevitably accompany tho use of gunpowder or dynamite are abolished, 'and that the coal is obtained m largo masses^ thua saving the 'waste incurred by blasting with explosives. Aa is well

known', coal , when broken small, is deteriorated m usefulness and price by upward of 40 per cent. ; but muoh of this waste is saved uucler the new system, as a ilucli greator portion of the product ia "large" oonl. Whore the miners are paid according to tlio large coal they mine the new invention will increase their income without altering the rate of wages. It is thus an invention that is likely to produce good results, meohanical and social.-N.Y. Herald. Mn. Henry Irvine and Thmpkravoe,— The Choroh, ot England Temperance; Clironiole publishes the following letter recently received from Mr Henry j rv j n g :_" I have no hesitation m saying that th? use of stimulanta by actors when playing is unnecessary and very injurious. With very few exceptions dramatic artists most oaiefully abatain from Ml buoß. wEen at work;' The late Mr Phelpaj carried this -abstinence to ft singular extent*' -'What do you do, 1 said a friend to him, 'if you. ieel tired or thirsty, when at work ?' 'What •do tjkoW replied the oia tragedian, ' What 'do 1 do?— 1 bite my tongue t" 1 •-! ALbabfbi) \^oman.— A young woman, 'of twenty, a native of India, is m Paris, where shq passeß for the most learned ■womanlin the world, having fen accurate , knowledge of a dozen languages and a brain well stored with, information m mathematics,' .astronbihy, and history. She is studying medicine, and will go to India to praotice, where, she sayflj thousands of her country women die every year beb^se they wpuli not consult male 'physioiaiS. I Awkward.— Response of a gilded youth. to one of bis friends,; who h.a»-j«*Bt i&nriontioed ; formally ' bl« ; approaoniDg marriage :—"- 1 ahoald like to bo able to oorigr4talate you both, bat you see, as I do not know the lady I can't ;conscieni tiously ' congfaliillale :you, l while" as I do knew you I oan't conscientiously coni .gratul.atestbdl^dy." A Model Oaptaih.— Captain (to two soldiers, practising .with, . thejr, , p^es) | "Come, let rne' have 'one of your rifles] yon Bhopt.wra.tflhadly,''. , ,(He. BKoots,ftiid 'missfls.) '• Ther'e'r' lie says, that's tb4 way jqu ahoot." (Sh^ota and mksea again. ', To Becond. soldier) :■ " (And '.that's the'way yid shooti" (Shoots' and thU time hits) : " And that's the way I shoot !'; A well-knowD printer, being oalled on to reply to a toast, said. "Gentlemen, I thank you moat heartily . I can't make a apeeoh, but I can print one as long as you like." |