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New Zealand Tablet, Volume VI, Issue 306, 28 February 1879, Page 14

The Army and Navy Gazette hears that the Russian Red Cross Society is quietly preparing for another campaign so that in the event of a fresh war being commenced it may be able to render more effectual aid to the Government than was possible when hostilities last broke out. The electric light is seen to the utmost advantage in the Paris Hippodrome. Five burners irradiate a company of 10,000. The dresses of the troupe are specially selected with a view to the effect of the light on colouring, and a phalanx of cavalry has a dazzlingly splendidappearance.