TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 8096, 26 August 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

. — * (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. A torpedo, invented by Mr Jardine, of Wellington, and now under offer to the Government, was tried to-day. The special advantages claimed for the iovention are cheapness and certainty of action, It resembles the McEvoy torpedo in shape, but instead of being fired by electricity it is fired by pulling a cord coanected with the machinery iobide ; so that, althqugh other torpedoes are often renderei useless by the electric connection being shot away, if the same should occur with the Jardine, tbe explosive, by the same act, is still available. The trial was mainly devoted to ascertaining whether the primary charges were affected by submersion, and ono containing such a charge wis filled with water and allowed to fctaad in that condition for ten minutes. It was then fire! ; the explosion p oving that no injury had been done to the charges by suboier* Bion. Tbe general result of trial was very satisfactory, WESTPORT, Tuesday. The Resident Magistrate's Oonrt was occupied all day with a cbarge against 18 TJaioh colliers recently on strike at the Weeport Coal Com pany's mine, of assaulting and intimidating non-union bands. It was shown that the Uaion men went to the huts of the others, committed the assault, and warned tbem to leave the mine. The .cases will probably last some time yet. OH RtSTCfltmCfl, Tuesday. At the annual meeting of the N2. Shipping Company to*d ay, the ' Chairman, Sir Murray • Ayntdey, mentioned that a. communication had been received from the Admiralty asking if the Company could arrange for their, officers to serve|for a time on board- men-of-war preparatory lo iheir beins placed 09 the Naval Reserve. A rggofflu^as^tipu hM toes sen* |o tbo

London office to carry out 4he idea it practicable. He thought that aa many of the Company's officers were N.Z. born, tbe two years' experience they would' thus 'have in the navy would be a great thing Zfor them," audi he had no doubt they wouldfclo credit to'the colony and the" service\lp which they belonged. A dividend. of 5 per cent, was declared and the report' was * .adopted. , The -Hon, ,E. .Richardson, L.„ Harper, and R. Wilkin were re-elected directors. The .application for a change of venue in the Wellington Evening Press libel case has-been adjourned -by mutual consent to llth September.