MISCELLANEOUS

Inangahua Times, Volume 73, Issue 73, 23 August 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS

Wo understand tint th« sum Ministers will ask Parliament for as tlio marring allowance of tho Duko of Oonnaught h £10,000 a yoar, This is tho sum »otod in 1874 for tho Duko of Edinburgh, and will bo in addition to tlio £15,03) a yoir which his Koval Highness already dr.iw.i from tlio St'ilo. Tho nllowinoj to tlio P;ineo of Wulos, votod in 180), on Ins marrU«o was £i)O00 a year, in addition to which tho Princoss of Wale* \\m £10.000 A year; Tho Potnoes* Royal draws £8000 n your. Tho £10,000 votod to tho Duko of Edinburgh in. 1874 whs in addition to tho £15,0 J0 a year he has rccfivod dinito ho attained his maprity in 1860. Tho Princess Alico draws fiOOOO a year, and tho Princess Heloni and tho Princess Louiso tho samo sum. Pnnoo Leopold, liko his brothors, has £15,000 a year. Tho total amount paid by tho nation ns allowances to tho Qnoon's chiU dren amounts to £131,000 a year. Since thoir Royal Highnesses happily camo of age, the nation has contributed upwards of ft million and a half storting for their maintenance. According to a judgment recently do« lircrcd in ono of tho Superior Courts in Hngland, it is nocossary, in ordor to secure n conviction ngamst an offender under tho Aot for tho Prevention oC Cruolty lo Anininte, that sn animal must bo not moroly * oruolty ill-troatod or tortured/ but that tho torturo must bo intcntionallj caused by tho aot of tho offondor. In tho case whoro n man, who lawfully shot a dog, Allowed it to lin^or for mnny hours in torturo, tho oonvio* tion of a lowor Court was rovorsod, on tho ground that tho aot compl«inod of was only passive, and not aotivo oruolty. A now instrument entitled tho niicro« phone, by which sounds nro magnified extraordinarily, hits boon tos'od atChrist^ church with singular results by \[r \£od« dings of tlinfc city. Tim Lyltolton Times of Tuesday last gives a full nccoun^jßho nppnratus, and says ; — " Somo J/^K\\ary oxporiments wliich wero^^^HW^ cvcnitig. tho novrer ot tho^y^^^^^^B^ij

' iim«nificd into tho sou dof an American doclc, and tlic tapping of a finger n»il was lilto ft series of dull ho ivy blow*. Good as wore tho results obtained, it ia but juM.i(.'t> to Vfr Moddinga to flay tlmt the < rial was simply an tpitiutory one, and thnt ho will bo much disappointed if he not accomplish very mucli more thiin this. U»od as a conrcrnnticnnl medium in connection with the telephone, tho sound i» ho much magnified that »t h only neccß«nry for tho transmitter to spenk when ho is within a few yards of tho microphone, and in a comparatively low tone of voice for him to he hoard at a diHtKnco of say 55 miles > for some of tho experiments -fort ovcnm« wero botweon Cliriatohurcli nnd Aknroa. Macotown, it . is-ftnnounced by thoUbflcrvcr, is Hhortly to rrjoico in an iiihlHution which will combine* rrndiiiß-room, bull nnd concert-room, bilhard-rooni, !lm!n«"room, kitchen &o. He f ro.hn,onU will bo provided at a o lieap ralo, nnd c Mtablishmont is spocally mtondod (or lho ft ( !O t,inni<i(lation <A muwr* ronwu) « n. tho township from Saturday till Monday.