MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 55, 12 July 1878, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

A rotnrn of minoralsr oxportod from Tftflmnnia during April Infit; shows tho ftn\H nnd tin to bo valuod nt £36.369— 430 tonn of tin from Launcoston alone lining worth £25,800' There is at present an ill-nonditionod impostor in Dnnedin who is imposing nnon nnsuflpflctinK persoras liv rcproaonting himar»lf— nppropriatolv— n« Tho Vagabond nnd as jboina nonnootod with a roftpoctablo mornlfig journal, Mr fiorniiin, representative of Nohlo'n Etplo^ivo Compnny, of Glnsgow, was os* pnrinK'ntinff with dynamite on Friday lnsfc nt Mr FnrquhflMon's, Signal Hill. Mr Furquhnr.ion, who has got a quantity of t.hft nvploKivc from tho agents (Dnlgnty, Nichf>!«, nnrl Co.), was prosont;, nnd also Mr Deans, manftgor for tho Acclimntisntion tjoisicty. Tho explosive was applied l o. upwards of thirty treo roofs, olrt<»ring fully 0 quarter of an nero, which, with a little work in taking out tho looso fibroß, will h-nvo (ho land ready for tho plouah: Lust yonr tho ground h'nd to bo Hpnrlotillftfl', Tho chnrgos used vnriod from loss ♦o 10nzH,. nocordittß to tho fizos of tho ilifFereiit. roots. The mothods in which MrGrrmnn nppliod tho compourd wore gcnernlly by mnking a hoin undornoath f,!io oontro of the root with n orowbnr, then placing tho ohnrgo in tim cavity, tflrnpod with onrth. Hollow troo roots wore removed by simply dropping tho charge into thorn, which vory oonviently p.pht, them into firewood. Brnnehintr roots woro brokon by crnnll charges placed underneath. This method is found vory economical nnd offVotunl when tho roots nro partially decayed. E«ory method in which tho oxplosivo WMH used proved complotoly sucoossl'nl. The timo occupied in eradicating cnoh root- was from five to ten minutest Hooks woro blown up with pqnnl fnoility. Tho of the evplosivo used wn'« under mno pounds. The oaso and simplicity with which tho work-wnsdono thoroughly convinced those present; t'mt it is tho HofcHt, cheapest, nnd most oflVotivo ngent, for clearing hind. Mr F^rqimrioti will bo hapny to show tho ro ult of bis opflo-rttijona to any persons do. irons of inspecting t-hom, Tho following is a vorsion of tho Crimean War taken from a lending Moscow newiipnpor :•— " Hnvo tho bloated Hhopkeopcrs of tho N;/rth Se/i 3anA Bank forgotten tho timo whon tho liiiiisian lioroes/ drove thoir portor'drinking Admiral ' Chnrlio ' from tho shoros of forfc'girt Cronßtadt, Hnvo tho pursoproud aristonrncy of tho foggy, fltnoky, London forgotten tho day whon tho worried ranks of Russian fitcol swoptdown the slopes of A hn n. nnd Inkormann and carried mourning into half tho houses of JCng l. i.nd P',