The Parihaka natives, being people of progressive ideas, are (says the Taranaki Daily News ) considering the question of installing an electric light plant in order to illuminate their township in the most up-to-date manner, Te Whiti and Tohu are both in favour of the project, which was discussed at a meeting held a short time ago. Another meeting is to be held, at which the question will be finally decided. Keen interest is being taken at the Admiralty in the development of the new torpedo-destroyer Viper, which is being built on the Tyne. Messrs Parsons, of Newcastle, are fitting the craft with their turbine system, and believe that she will be capable of going forty-three miles per hour. A novel penny-in-the-slot photographing apparatus has just been imported to Sydney. The photograph is taken by means of a flash-light; the plate then passes into the developing dish, after which it goes through three distinct solutions, receiving a washing with each, and in the course of three minutes is completed and discharged from the slot. The machine is automatic throughout,, and the work perfect. . Describing the departure of H.M.S. Goldfinch from Sydney for England on the 29th July, the Herald says : “ After cheering the British ships near at hand the Goldfinch, which had heard the band aboard the American transport ship Celtic joining in the musical salhte and had witnessed the American sailors in the rigging waving and cheering, steamed right across the harbour, to the Neutral Bay side, where the American was lying, and circled round the Celtic amidst the wildest of applause, the interest in the manoeuvre being increased as God Save the Queen broke forth from the band on the Stars and Stripes ship. Such an incident is unparalleled in the port, and was greeted with cheering and re-cheering along the bays and from the passing boats.”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2571, 23 August 1899, Page 4
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694Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 South Canterbury Times, Issue 2571, 23 August 1899, Page 4
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