MISCELLANIOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 29 March 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANIOUS.

For some time pa,^^^^^^^^^^^H Education Depart mc^^^^^^^^^^H given monthly to classes of tbe Echuq^^^^^^^^^^^^J treatment to be death from drcwningi^^^^^^^^^^H afford no opportur»jp^^^^^^^^^H drowning persons mayi^^^^^^^^^H hoys were lately marcfr9j^^^^^^^| order to the rivor bank. lotn^^Tn^ miali t receive instructions how to act in any such emergency. Upon arrival at Ihe river side a boat was obtained, from which a lad, apparently by accident, fell overboard when in the middle of the stream, and was immediately followed rv a teacher, whe succeeded in bringing him to tbe bank with some difficulty. The lad played his part well, and appeared to he totally unconscious, and no little amusement was caused by a bystander who, not aware of whit was going on when the various methods for restoring animation were being gone through, in some concern suggested that a doctor should be sent for at once. The weather must haye been tolerab'y warm in South Australia during the pas' mon'h, as the following extract from an Adelaide paper will show :— The heat which for several days previously had been most oppressive, culminated on Tuesday in a regular South Australian summer's day. On Monday night houses had become so hot that sleep to residents of the city who were not possessed <>f underground apartments was a matter of difficulty. The heat in Adelaide on Tuesday was most trying, and sunshades and green spectacles protected pedestrians in a very minor degree from the intense glare of the sun. At the west terrace observatory the thermometer registered 172 deg. in the sun, and 113 deg. in ihe shade. At Clare the glass was 115 deg. n the s'"»de. «^M-.i» orcotnesi of all the Pins ?— lt is ■.;■:■ ...-. ■,:■■ >:,<■. ■■'■v.ir --'in-.iv nr : i w I

from the English factories was 20 millious and ever since that time the daily average has steadily increased, till it now stands at fifty millions per day. Notwithstand* ing sli this enormous supply, one can hrrdly be in the company of man, woman, or child for a day without being asked. 1 Have you such a thine as a pin about yoa P 1 Of our daily 60,000.000 pins, Birmingham produces 37,000,000, leaving 13 000,000 as the production of London, Stroud, and Dublin, where pins are also made. The weight of wire con. sumed annually in the pin manufacture of England is about 1275 tons, or 2,857,1201 b one-eighth of which is iron wire, used in manufacturing mourning and hair pins. Tiie brass wire consumed amounts to 2 500,O00!bs, «hieh, at lid per 1b in money value, is £7183, and to be adJed to these amounts are the wages, paper, and ornamental envelopes, bcses, wear and tear of machinery, manufacturers' profit and the like, bringing tbe whole amount to not less than £200 000.