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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12394, 2 July 1902, Page 6

— One of the most remarkable stage spectacles London has scon is the groat chariot rnoo in the new Drury Lane drama, "BenHur." Sixteen horses gallop on revolving' platform'! worked by electric motors; and a most striking effect is obtained when at the end of-tho race tliev are apparently charging down on to the orchestra. — Steam has -been found very efficacious in extinguishing fires 'on ships loaded with cotton. Wlion, such fires nre eoctinguished with water, the waver often causcethe. principal damago. Steam, while very efficacious, causes exceedingly little damage. A firc-extinguisbinj; boat in Galveston -Harbour • lias been fitted for this application of steam, with a special view to the protection of cotton-loaded ships. — The longest reaoh of railway without a curve is olaimed by travellers to be that of the Argentine Pacific railway, from Buenos Ayres to tho foot of tho Andes. For 211 miles it is without a curve, and has no cuttincr or embankment deeper than two or three feet. —Probably the most curious European oath is administered in Norway. The witness raisN his thumb, his forefinger, and his middle fin Rev. , These signify'the Trinity, while the larger of tho uplifted fingers is supposed to represent the soul of the witness and tho smaller to indicate his body. /