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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 9953, 14 March 1894, Page 2

Some ten or twelve years ago an official in a north-country Bank, England, who had embezzled the funds of the conr cern took refuge in Argentina, and for a time Scotland Yard was at fault. At last a capable officer was sent to Buenos ' Ayres. He found that the defaulter had J gone up the country and started sheepfarming. He followed, and succeeded in opening up an acquaintance which subsequently developed into intimacy. The pair became such friends that when the officer suggested a trip to Buenos Ayres for a change, the ex-Bank official readily went. One day the detective received from the captain of a British gunboat an invitation to a supper and dance, with the intimation that "any English friends would be welcome." This was shown to the fugitive. Would he go with his friend on board ? " Delighted." Evening came, and the boat which was to take them off was brought in. But the defaulter drew back. " No, thank you," he ; said, " No, thank you Mr " (giving to his no small astonishment the detective's real name, which ho had never used in Argentina), " I think it will be as well for me not to go aboard that ship. I might find it difficult to get back again. The practical utility of a photographic camera is strikingly illustrated by an anecdote told by Sir Ray Woods, of the Cape of Good Hope Observatory, in the new "Year Book of Photography." In sending Home the last 400 pages of the result of the Victoria observations of the minor planets, made with a view to determine the mean distance of the sun, it was considered too risky to trust them ou the high seas without a record. Consisting for a large part of closelywritten columns of tables of figures, ready for tho printer, figures whose outlines might have been damaged if written in copying ink and pressed on wet paper in the rough commercial way, the question arose, " How was tho record to be kept ? " The copying of 400 pages of foolscap would have been no light^ task for the small stall: of tho Observatory, more especially when columns of figures requiring the greatest accuracy, are in question. Photography, however, came to the rescue. A canvas-covered frame, which happened to be lying handy, was set up in a convenient part of the Observatory, and the sheets of foolscap rapidly and roughly pinned on to it, and thus, wiih a single lens of tw«nty-inch focus aperture, tho required copieswero speedily obtained. Engagement, keeper, g m and wedding tings, unequulled in design, quality, and cheapness. Ladies silver watches au<l gent s first class keyless timekeepers at 22s c cli. English and American leve*B in gold and silver equal 'y eheir at J. Hj Parker,B, Watch inuker and Jeweller, unde the goH ppectacles, Devon-street, New Plymouth. — Advt. Spkctaolbs. — Preserve your sight b having glasses fitted to suit both eyes. (N Lazarus patent) .-^-J. & T. \veby, col j i gents id T»r»naki. — A ? Spectacles, Spectacles to suit ail s'ghts, from 2s per pair at J. H. Parker's Jeweller and Optician, Dovon Street, New Plymouth. Ask for Dixon's Ginger ale Lemonade, etc., used by His Excellency the Earf of Glasgow, G.C.M.G. — Advt. WAND A. GILBErS DRY GIK t Nu home complete without iU {2)