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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 13038, 14 December 1905, Page 5

Entries for the Friendly Societies j picnic sports close with the secrc .tary, Mr H. J. Hbbbs, on Saturday Captain Edwin wired at, 1,2.33 a.m.,, Moderate to strong westerly winds .glass rise, moderate* sea moclor *ate. « '&# ' • * - ■ A town? in North,. has .- de creed that any * woman who promenades . the streets in a -trailing- skirt will be fined 30s. ( Owicg to the. date clashing- with the Stratford fixture, the New Plymouth Boxing Association have decided to postpone their contest until the end of *JBanuary.^ Full particula^svwill he advertised later* v> <- . • \. . A^. New .Orleans newspaper has blundered- into - fe^bdk^ui-t in rather -a" curious, way. .from Baton Range *telegrapned" 45anfcerning f a speaker^., at 'a^pjibj^c nwetiaxgt >7-'-'The CBev. •> Thomsfe h J>*VpUSn iV -a ; cultured .^By a,,, error "coloured' •was* substituted for "cultured. ? ,- . To .despribe a, , black .man as a 'geu^feuian' was too much for the editor, who «nxeiicled the -despatch to "The "Rev. Thomas «£". Upton is a ne- ' Some decently' invented chromophot-,og-raphic cameras" by M. Lucien Bull; of Ifaris, -take." ' successive pictures at rates {of from one thousand to two ; thousand per second.. .The source of 'Ifght is* the spark of <an inductive .coilt^which, it is calculated, endures only about one two-million<ths of a secoxw, so titat .with improved mechanism the 'pictures could be taken at a far more rapid rate than is mow ern^ p'loyecl v ; Six r jijupdred vpicturesj.peir.s4" cond, however, suffice to' show clearly (tflies. moving wings of «, dragoai-fly, and views of bees and houseflies have been taken. - ■-•>-:—■■ <■< ." The. intribduction \. of wirelcsss^telegraphy in the Turkish .capital is "greatly opposed' by the Sultan (says the Daily "Mail). Experts demonstrated to .him- that by means . of the ingenious Invention of Marconi mes- , sages •■• could b^e sent throygh the invisible ether without the intervention of wires. The apparently mysterious workings of the apparatus affrighted his Majesty. He dismissed the matter as an invention of the Evil One, and gave strict injunctions that it should never be brought before him again. It is a well-hnown fact that Abdul Hamidris exceedingly averse to -every innovation dealing with electricity..- .„_-«<■, ■, > ■i " '" * • ' "The Chinese population of Victoria basi /decreased," from 70,000 to 7000 during th-e Jast forty years/'. -*was the statement made Eev. 'JMEby Ming to « surprised audience at -a- - Chinese mission . denJqnstration at Murrum'been (Via.), last week. Mt- Ming 'has, been, a Chinese Metho■dist clergyman -during the period be mentioned,- . and explained that there are^r.^^n^rreasfons^ f.orithje. enormous falling off. Death has removed the majority ,,;and., large numbers have returned to China. "With 'the -exhaustion of the • shallow diggings and the advent of up-to-date raining methods Chinese ' miners' 'gradually lost their footing, and, at length, practically [■were pushed out' of the diggings. ' The management of the Krup£ Comigany is entrusted to a board' consisting of eleven persons, nine of whom 'are resident *in Essen and the othertwo reside ip. Magddburg and JKiel respectively, and "manage- the Gruson works and the Germania Shipbuilding Yardi The committee of managesmant is composed of r four -members: The company has a total staff of 55,816 persons, which 5 inoludes 46J32; 'officials^ The steelwork &H£Ess£n employ; 46,587 work-peopje,, /the Annen Steelworks 840 persons, the Gruson Works at Magdeburg 3938- persons, and the Germania Yard 4451 workpeople. The machinery at Essen includes 514 steam-engines, ., of 44,111-horse power, and 569 electro-tootbrs. It is stated that 873,916 metric tons of coal ai.d 454,521 tons of coke are used annually at the Essen works, and the firm use daily 1672 tons of their own ores at their various establishments. — Stahl und Eisen. -, , ; . . ■ .. [ There is a serious outbreak of'bu-; bonic plague afTTsw* Caledinia. The^ bonic plague at New Caledonia. The| any cases in that city, but it is brief- • ly notified that there was an out-[ break of the disease in the part of the colony. No particulars' of its extent, or whether it is con-^ fined to the natives, are, however, j •given.. The authorities are calling attention to the desirability of taking-! precautionary measures, and ' one of the newspapers deals rather extensive--" ly with the matter. It is pointed^ out that rats, mice, and vermin aret the chief propagators of plague, and| residents are urged to destroy them,j also to pay strict attention to per-| sonal cleanliness, • and the sanitary* condition of dwellings and otherj buildings. A general scheme ofdisin--fection is recommended. Any kind of^ rat poison is allowed to be used, so long, as it is kept out of reach of children, whilst tubes o« ih& Danysz virus .are being supplied free at the colonial hospital. The cause of the \ disease is explained, and it is stated that its spread may, be prevented by observing proper hygienic, precautions^ Authority ' is given where, necessary for the destruction of insanitary buildings. , - , For the n^xt few days prior id Christmas the Melbourne Clothing 1 Company is making a special outside display of fashionable tailor-madoj ready-to-wear suits. The fabrics are equal to anything shown by high priced custom tailors, and the saving" effected will amount to a cool couple of pounds.-— Advt.