MISCELLANEOUS.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8085, 25 September 1894, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS.

At a recent gathoring of tho Healthy and Artistic Dross Union in London, (,oino gentlemen appeared in tho new evening dress conshtins; of evening coafc and vest in v. lyet — black, brown, and green — »ilk stockings, and knoo breocho&. A lady common<led tho piactico of allowing children to grow up without wearing bhoes or stockings. Tho life assurance companies in the United Kingdom will benefit largely by tho new Death Duties. To provide ugiiust tho heavy chaigei on death, rich men must increase largely the amount* for which their hvei are ansmed. Lord Rothschild has just insmed foe L 200.000 in order to cover the post mortem liability that is being pufc upon him by Sir William Harcourt. A word-counting apparatus can now bo fitted to the American typewriting miohint. It conaUt* of .\, little box clamped to tho framework and manipulated by a wire attached to a space key, each stroke of which at tho end of a word registers a-unit. In typewriting establishments whore the work in charged foi at so much per folio of «o many words, a large amount of work will be waved. The inventor han Americas. Three mural pioturoa have been placed in the Red Cross Hall, Southwark, to r«pre« sent heroism in humble life. One illustrates the case of two navvies who lost their lives near Glasgow while caving an exprew. Another shows the devotion of Alice Ayrs», who Josb her life at a fire on the sibe of the Red Cross Hall while rescuing three chiU chon. The third oommemoratea tho conduct of George Kales, of Uunmer, who went down a well 233 ft deep to rescue a child. Halfpenny tram farea are to b« intro* duced by the Glasgow Town Council, which has aasu,incd the direct control of tho tram, ways at a coat of L143,0<)0. Th«s Council also contemplates the issue of »ea«son tickets. The Glasgow Corporation furthor propose to ciown their reforms by tha erection of " municipal diuin^ voojiiq" throughout the city, where exocltent meab will be cupphv>4 lat a mod^Mta coat» fe«4 " tiPo '' t9 Wftlt^»