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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 126, 29 May 1891, Page 2

Proleaaor James Long bids us consider whal refrigeration has done -nut for agriculturists m ! r fljy» but alsp lor trade and oomtneioe.k It is refrigeration' that,haimade it poasible for New Zealand aloue' tofsend us f lor add a half million oaroaeseaof muttoni"' 16'' has even oreated that oolony's butter trade, It a I m ,? r ?° Tflr . enabled our meat salesmen, in Smithfield < to protect ithefaaelves; fcy a vaat system of underground storage, against the heavy loaaes whioh they used to suffer from hoc summers. Ic has also > made it praotioable for many great firms to' buy meat and game when it ia cheap, and store it for use when Vran'ffl. 16 Hamburg there is a butcher who slaughters 1000, piga every day for the English ittarket,- , But for refrigeration Wb Byatemfwould' be? impossible. The. advantages of :<iold storage; howover, aeem still far frouvtwing fully^bpraoiated, Mr Long tells us thac the farmers in Walea and many ; paria of EugUqd, whoaiipply the market with what ia knowaas '•Mb batter" ac 8d to lid a pound niighft .atofe it quite ireah at a httle more eopense than that of the abundant salfr, uaeji/ under j the preaeut system, and- thus furnish a'iiaitiole worth ia many oases fr y m. 25 to; 85 per cent more than they are now gutting for it, France and Russia seem to be vying with eaoh other in their efforts to astonish the world with ;the pedestrian performances ot their sons /(remarks the tendon Dailu Telegrtfh). Kound the, A#TIJ?S * cept where a fast steamer will be needed to bridge continents, ia the programme whioh a Frenoh oitizen of 84 summera has just i drawn up. He w»U try to accomplish the feat within the Bpace of 260 dayß, walking, at least in Europe, 24 leagues per diem. It is hardly necessary to exp.aiu thut M'. Droz. the hero of the ; advautiuer ou; quitting t-aris, will turn his face in the direotion- ot Moscow, which is now to the average Gaul what Meooa is to the flluflsuimVn.- : Traveia* ing Siberia, still on foot, he will take^hip oa Che Bhorea o£ KamUohatiwfotSan FrtlToiaoo, whenoo he will tramp to New XorL Orosmng the Atlantic to Havre,, ho" will walk from Chat "town to Paris?' ia. Droa was formerly » aon-oommissioned offloer^ va a cavalry regiment. He is of the middle height, lithe, and muaoulaif, He is now employed in a houaeof business in Pa«B. M, Droa has already several peaeatrian performanoea to his oredit. but that whioh he> u i about to undertake thtows ewytbing ot ISWi'?!! 1 the Bhad0 ' " Hb r^ konß * walkings hourß out ot 24, keebiaif the remainder of the day 'for rest and refreahment, ...

A member, of the.N. S. Wale^ Parliament has given notice of the folbwingmotion i" 1. That, ( iu the opinion of this House it V l« desirable, in tti«^k^lßSJS£ as far aa possible, the pernicious praotffe M gambling in sweeps, consultations, and other games of ohance. 2. Therefore, regarffi the Oivii Servants of this colony it if agreed that any person holding a trua't rtttt&n'afr monetary oharaoter, who shall either ni& aelf, or through an agent, sneoulata in aweeps, consul totiona, or an> .form of g u^, b u u ? la horß «'»oing, rowing, or boxing, shall be dismissed from k, .position in the pubho service, „ „ :A;,BCfiue;ot. intense. exoUement took placa in the. Canadian Hou a9 ol Oommona, whenT motion was. tabled to abrogate the Federal SVanofaue A ol . Tfla Qovernmani stronglj opposed the motion, which waa «ejwtod b» if, va the, division baing announced, the members' ol 'the Ministry ahd J *»utiniDSi their supporters sang *God save the Qa«en," Biohard PiUing s benefit in 1888, the -handsome sum. of. «1700 was obtained. , This, ia estimated to, be the largest amount ,e?et seoured for a professional orioketer by meana of an exhibition matoh. ... ■„, An Anxerioau watohmaker hashit onon a wntnvrape by whioh, a oouple of hoursbetore a olook runs down, the wc«d«^vpiea» SedtaT'" TO '" WiU ™ m * - m QB9nin * ia

A correspondent soufe to the. Preu the following mtqn^Dg; communioatien with reference ta the eolipae of the moon 0D Sunday morning: "ftfe motning abO ut garter past four the moon waa bright and lovely, when a dark body oommenoed to pass over the moon, having a lurid appear, anoe, and, Boon causing total darkness-so dark, at half -past ftve. that a treTobuUl not be seen a , jfej.dfc hv , Thsu thla atrffi body became like a cloudy veil in front of tte moon.and. ataroould be aeon ia oloae proximity to the moon on the nwt£ east side. I stood . watching her tUI halfpaab seren, when she sank behind tha horizon, during which tixaa thp veil beoatae. th ok and dark, but ons-third of her was shining bright a*d the ater gtfneT Sot Having seen an. eolipse fofetoJd I'thbnffht youm^he glad to insert thqibowK q^tion, aa. it was strange and beiutiful, the akyaU the. time being oloadlesa." v " • a u, e $ u « lion ««8 M whioH'/saya »he Auokland. tar) ia«o be in»roduoed-sorSa tha approwbing MBflioo/^d/win'piSSSf he woljarge ol Mr T, Xhobjpion , haSWUi prinoipal objeoi to enable Uoanaei"SoUoS(£ iasued aUhe present. '.6| mmißEl ■?"■". Iwaaaaa, to. appraise «20 per.annuni, andlb-a^ibbee^SieilS'if whtfc i upnuueri are eoßftpeMed to pay wnaal h.9.en86s v Vp'get over l<ml difficulties fcom \ the whole o( the aidaey p«ld lot licenses into we ooflßQiidated revenue, to be ie^undia to> wow bodies on a population basis', IJ!V -' 7n ' l ' : A bow-legged mini was standing -'before the stove warming himself. ;A. WmSU bo» watched him intently for a, while; S'thSJ he broke out :<• Say.'inia^iyou'rVßtandinJ too Q ear the are ; you're a-warping."- . The laranaki tow' reporta that one original ohaArma* of a Bohool committee in that d«t W t havuig been, informed that * Omi^ tioaa I o^ thh oomSitteS mu.st be posted oo the gohool 1 doorv- Metad up, the nominjitioa Vaper/thea^v^nntS • the door space gave out, when he withdrew ao uuewiße, in ordef ( to obviate thefoecesaiiv of proouring increased doo* a^mmWaSoS - . writea:-Some «\tewrhai bflih SeSb even mpie ibobnyemenVthafi obSplSE^ '^ Owingtp the persistent mani^S3jSw#^ ?^«*i u , td^> aad Supday pyenly, rtatodi !s£& tf&sfH.B.H; Was ■*mS^\JtfjM*Bg3S!^^ house ever, the gendumeß 'j^^^W&tiffiS' E the footm ? fij.wa> the dukea floMp^-c[^^^^^|Pi^?f^v-'^ oeleJ^^^^W^^^WKW^lS