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Timaru Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4967, 15 October 1890, Page 3

In his speeah from tho throne at tho openIng of the Reiohstag, tho Emperor of Germany deSnod the basis of tho laws which ho recommends for onactment m tho interests of labour te be these: —"Twenty-four hours rest every Sunday and 48 hours ut Christmas, Eastor, and Whitsuntide for Ml persons _ongtged m mines, »alt works, foundarics, quarries, and suoh litre establishments. Those occupied m other trades not to work more than five hours on Sundays and religious festivals. No children under 13 years of age to bo allowed to wo»k; nor must lh«y be employed above that age un]o*s they have fulfilled a pourse of instruction m tho primary sohoole. No woman to work hofoiie half-past 8 m tho morpjog, or after half-past 6 m tho evening, Workpeople of both se*e» aro not to be permitted to work together.

■ | A well-known London preacher fumed alike for his outspoken discourses and for his utter fearlesßnees of consequences, recently startled a West End evening congregation by announcing m his sermon that a lady whom he knew had murdered her coachman. Everyone was at once on the gui vive " Bho went," said the preacher, " to a ball ; not knowing how long nhe might bo flbo told the man to wait. Ke waited three hours m the bitter cold and frost j tho nold struck hiß lungs, and ho was removed to an hospital. At that hospital, I," continued the preacher, " attended him ; he died, and hie death must surely be laid at the lady'B door." The congregation thoroughly solemnised by the stern words, sat m profound silence, every eye intently fixed upon tho speaker. Judgo therofore of the further thrill which awaited them when the preacher, after n pause, leaned forward and said — " My brethren, that lady is preseDt m this church to nieht." An extraordinarily rich find of ore has been mado m the Australian Broken Hill Consols mino, exceeding (sayß the correspondent of the Argus) anything yet found on the Barrier. On driving on the lode at the loweßt or 280ft level a'veinof ore was struck at 190 ft from the shaft, comprising sulphide of silver, native silver, chlorides, canary ore, and blue and green carbonate of copper, the bulk osßay of which gavo 8380oz of silver to the ton. Thia bunch has already yielded two tons of ore, containing upwards of 18,000oz of silver, and this is now being boxed up for shipment to London. During Hie week over 20,0000z of silver have been raised, and 2cwt of the stuff contains 27000z oi silver, it being almost pure native and horn'silver. One lump weighs 1491 b, and a nugget of native silver taken out weighed 891 b. At grass they have over ono ton of smalls, assaying 33000z silver to the ton. Tho matrix ia calcepftr. and a section of the vein shows m much the chape of a cocked hat. It is about 2ft wine at the base and lft thick at the apex, Bud of almost puro native silver, the lower portion being dark-coloured sulphide of silver. The appearance of tho ore ia simply mngnificciit, and probably has never been equalled anywhere. It is impotsible to cay how far this vein may extoud.