MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 37, 10 April 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

i A N.npior paper qi*os. tbo following, (loscriptioii of h Inpidiiiry's establishment , Iho.y :.— ln Dirkon* slree,.t, wjthpn/. n 'signboard, n,n«i hidden from, yio,>v from, r,ond by i\n unsightly dwelling* houso, there ({.lands Mr Hollo's lapidiiry shop. WliQn wo. pn.'orcd tho oth,cr day, we ' fi)U,nd tlio proprietor insisted l)y his wife, tsutting i».lo, several pieces, by tlio aid of sloitm., a, cou,plo. of Imgo pieces of green* stone, w^ortl 1 , wo. tiro, told, £2.X), lon Nativo order. As we, stntod boford the saws nr^ii worked by stonin, and tho whol/j nrifyigi'monts nro. moat ingenious. Tho engjno itaolf, imposed, we bolic^c, from Dunedin, is n cur.ipsity, being two horso power, and is enclosed in a bo* 0/ B m,nl l size. Tho. boiler is. a) so a, strong and* compact pioco of workmanship, taking up very little room ;. in faol, bplh eri^inpand boiler ooujd bo pnekpd up \p a mpdium >siHp crso, Tlio, Nutivos hayo for. some time nlono l^opt tho, establishment fully busy in c^ci'U.tina orders, nnd wo only \\Q\to our onicrprisin^ and, ingenipus set* tier vvilj, continue to rccoiv^o Mjuori support, ns alsp, fr,onj( l'lj/opoans. roqjiirin^ tbo uid of a, skilled I/ipidiary, This, ia, wli.u.t happon.ed, to. the Rev Cbarlos Clnr.ito and, a, reporter of tho Povorty Bny Horald- wjion visiting a gn^ well a,« Gisborno ;.— " You see," snid Mr Snundors, '.' this is tho overflow pipe, nnd until tho wnter runs out hero thcro can*bo no gns. in tho tnnlc.'' Tho.lecturer loolied^ as if ho. didn't beliovo this btntenjpnt, so bo observed, " But fiyrcly there must be sondo gns in tho tank, 1 ' Mr Sanders wbm suro tbqro \yaa no gas, nnd just to prove it he lighjtod a nintcknnd applied, it to the oyorflpw, pipo. Thon tbore was troujble. i;oupd that tank. Fiz,! flzl- bing l.bang 1 : pop. The sides of tho tank s.welbd, nnd contracted, nnd oyontunlly tho. top, blow off. Tho eminent lecturer at tho first " fiz," struck a bco lino for a shod, and our representative was aboujt two, blocks off bpforo anyone could any " knifo/' Tho w,ny that elocutionist travellod was a, qnution. Ho just ga.vo two bounds, cleared tho fen co, and was non cst invenfus in less time than it takes to writo tho words. Mr Saundcrs did'nt remain- stntipnory, ho mpved away too, with, an amount of nlacrity wh.iolx. did him, infinito credit, After tho. soono w^as ovor tho soiontifie party, r.cturnod, wbon M,v Clurko in a most solonin manner, exclaimed " Saundcrs, thcro must hnvo been somo gas in that tnnk.'-' Tho bouifaoo tUdn't rot^nrk nnything, but the expression on his coun« tonnnco seomed. to, a.ay, " T\ belicvo you, my boy." A littlo noyolty in pplitical tenninoloy w.hich is porhnps worth noticing (says tho Pall Mall Gazette) has cropped up within the last few days. The Uussian journals nro beginning to talk of " Cz.irgrud, moaning thereby the city which tho rest of tho world know us CousUatinpplc.. In

two Kussinn newspapers of an opposite opiniou Iho now n--.mo occurs sovor.il times in one dnv. How long «'ill it bo before, our own journals tako it up ? Mil how long before lli.' proftuwr of I»m;'« '^ discover* in tho oxisfenco of tho word a now ronson for transferring tho City from tho Sultim to tho Qzav B •Tho following is a complete copy of tho loiter, from Mr Goldio which was re* forrcd to in n mysterious tologf.m «->nn time ago :-'• Port Moresby, JWi lV>mnny.—lt is with groat anxiety I havo honrd of tho excitement onusod hy my discovery. I havo merely discovered that gold isi in cxistonco-rnothint? uv>r.«. There is nothing in my letter lo tha Bey. Mr Ijtiwes to onuso the public t-r betiovo ntiffht else. I n<n not a g-»M prospector. All I wns dosirous ol wa* Mint a prospoeting party nyght; como at first and test tho vnho of my disc n-orv. which was moHy tint gold ™ st '''t AU specimens I got were sent to Sydney, and from thoso tln> public ougbt to take. evidence. I will not hold myself responsible for all the misery that is sure to, follow. I canivt account tor tlio excitement, further than Mint the crow oMho, Bertha stated what was not tho fact, nny vessel on t,lu> b.erMi at Sydney or other ports for New Guinea will bo re spo.tmblo if they lyir.g a crow! hero. If dicg"'rs come lot them stick to tho. vessel till tin' country is prospected. Ft is their only haven, of safety, nnd to I prospect the' country at this souoa lin madness}. lam nojt rosponsil)lo for any ' rush ; my conscience is clear. I havo written the whole truth to the Press, ami for nothing more nm, I responsible.—. (Signed) A. G'^v nin> " A conference of Mayors of Borough nnd Chairmen of County Councils, o". ''" x subject of tho niiinagonvont of hospitals, nnd charitable nid, *va.s held in Christ-. church last. week. Tho Chairman, in ' opening tho pr iceedings. said that tho expenditure wns so, gro.it that tho. Christchu,r(;h City Council did not sco lio.w thoy ooiiW take tho management over, ThoohariUlilo aid was ..tJIoO a month, and tho hospital cost from ,C7(XX)to JCSiH)O a year. Tho flrst resolution agreed to by tho Conference wns. :\s follows :•— " Thnt in tlio opinion of this conference, tho. proposals made by tlio Government, for. tho n\nnnKPmejit and support of hospitals, nnd olmritnblo iiwtitutioiw an- n if, onlculnted to pliion such m/uin ;ome it upon a fair nnd snhVnoiory foo.'inu'."- Th » Hon. Jolin Hall thru moved:— v That in, tho opinion of this OonterMieo the proper. m.inngement and support of hospitals and. chnritablti in tiiu.tions, and of chnritablo. aid, would be best provide,! for by districts, being defined, comprising Counlios or. gronns ni Counties, with ooniiern or. included munii-ipaliiies which are likely to avail themselves of the same chartnbhy institutions. That within such distriota, [iublio charitable institutions Mi mid bo. ndministerod and ohnritablonid' i^ributedby ft Bouid representing the Government* and. tho severul mtinii.'i|i«l bodi'.s and; County Councils, included therein. That such portion, ct' the cost of those inslitti-. lipns nnd ol chiiritnliln.nid, ns requiii'd to. lie provided l>y local bodies slion'd. bo eonvr'ibuled by llio Severn) innnicMp .ditios. nnd Counties interested in proporiion to their population " The lion. Mr Itnlli said ho had not suggested ho>v tho local C'tn/ryiutions should be raised, beo'iiso ho, thought that the local body, should bo ilef* to, lifltennino the manner in which tlio. ■ locdl coti,tr,Uiijrion should bornisod. T|»o resolution wns n creed t<), nnd tho fo'- ' lowing, op tho motion of Dr Cumnbo", ,' wns nlso.enrrjod :— " Tlj/it no pndownientai h'tvinu vet l)i»<»» mAdo.in (Jnntorbiirv for bospitnl nndifllinritnbje i\y\, tho Government I'o now ur«od to. make, sujtablo on<lowments in Can/orbury. for hospital purposes." According to. the City Pros 9, it lias : ; brenn trouhlosorno ujidertnkinjr to pulldow.n Templo Bar. It wn,s composed in 'Us exterior nnd nil its principal parts of good Portlnnd stone, ns wore- found in a sound ntnto of prescrvMon. The portions not risible wore chiefly Ruth ston >. nnd) jthis was very much porished, biif; tho. interior nn I filling no wore v (j'ies-% •tinna.bly from doWria !•• 01 d'li-t Imi.i. linns. after the Piro of Lmi.l ■>•!, tl««j. I? •>• 'i vinr hi>cn orectj'il at Mint li>>)<» A. ln)'^-» nution of'ho. ru'iblc show,.s ( '"it i' formel purts. ofollo; 1 buildiiu's before ir was iM-d in, tlio coMstruption if 1 the. H«". nvieh s'to-vs ing bold mouldings and Hup eiK- ngs, Tin's material, therefore, would '-« of ancient dnte. A murh 10-i^^r timowns, required in pulling down tho strnctn-o than wns ex,pceted» on neooupt of Mm Inrge q.u/uitity of' iron cramps Mint wro. used to hold tho. s'onos together, nnd which hnd. to, bp cut out carefull v. Tho. system of bu/lding wns n mistake ban loi down to us by nnoionjt architects, certanly dating back as far ns, tho. Parthenon nt Athens, whprotho. snmo bad results, aro. visible;, but these do notshpw thomselvos to so crcaf an. extent in a dry atmosphere, ns in th" climatef ron cramps wore, used in every conooivablo shapo, w.ith.a view: to holding tho. stones togothor; but tho, oxidising nnd expansion nnd oontracliou. of tt o. iron brouk off i^ip oornor.i o' tho. stoned and allow tho damp to penctrnto, thus defeating tho vory piirpo.se tho cramps woro intended, to. fulfil. Wo ' havo now lo irnod that tho proper way to, put up our buildings is. to hnvo a solid foundation. In, this way cramps, as a, rule, aro not roquirod, but whore they hnvo. to bo used, coppor anil load arc tho, propor mntcrinls,