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New Zealand Tablet, Volume VI, Issue 279, 6 September 1878, Page 19

The Montreal True Witness says :— " Until lately the Frenoh Canadians and the Irish were not on good terms. But, lo 1 a change comes, and, with startling effect, the enemies of yesterday grasp hands, bury the hatchet, and pledge a better fellowship for all time to come. That the compact will last we sincerely hope, but not so some of our contemporaries, who are chagrined at the New Alliance. In fact, a portion of the press does not want the French Canadians and Irish to be on amicable terms with each other, and would rather see them bad citizens, fighting each other with characteristic vigor, than, settle down to a good understanding." The flying machine of Eichtel is not exactly a failure ; but it is far being a success. It certainly has the power of rising and falling and of slowing moving in a given direction, in still air. _ But in a breeze its power of steering vanishes, and once arisen, it is nothing more nor less than a balloon, whirled about at the wind's own sweet will. It went up from Boston Common on the Fourth, and was swept away by the wind like a common balloon. One of the first things an observer notices is the petty power of the fans which are intended to guide the machine. They are only a few inches in diameter ; and the question may be asked, why not make them ten times as great as they are? The machine is absurdly slow in its movements. A great deal must still be done before we have a satisfactory means of serial travel.