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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10141, 30 August 1904, Page 4

At a meeting m. Ashburtoii the other day, concerning the local gasworks, one of the councillors made the curious statement that since no-license was earned hi Ashburton the consumption of gas had increased by a million feet. It would be interesting to not© how this increased consumption had arisen. The lite Samuel Butler, author of "Erewhpn" and "The Way of All Flesh," owned a station m the eady sixties m the ltangitaia district. In his later years ba^ thoughts reverted to liiis New Zealand liome, and as a , permanent lnenienito of his connection with Canterbury he •preI seated the Olrristchurcli Library with a, complete set of his literary works. Besides being an author, the late Mr Butler was an artist, and his portrait, painted by liimself, was on Wednesday last presented to the Canterbury Art Society. . Colonial teachers are not lacking m resourcefulness. Au enterprising member of the profession down Westport way recently successfully demonstrated to his class the workings of a geyser. He used a long iron tube, sealed at one end, and having a dish at the top of the open end. He failed the tube with water, and lit a fire below. Needless to say, the scholars were keenly interested "m the proceedings, and were delighted! to see a i?oluuui of water and steam repeatedly driven into the air. The local press says tha same teacher previously made an active volcano to illustrate a lesson,