ALL FIVE HJAY TUF ROAD.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 411, 24 March 1904, Page 3

ALL FIVE HJAY TUF ROAD.

One Driver for V -xo«fi J.'.very Cither Teanuiter on fhfi City'* Street* ♦iuloVJj. 'HAarimmt W*y. Perennial in i'ta p'aiver of attraction is the fire engiae dashing.along the city's streets or. 'he way to a fire, and it fascinates all. And every driver and every rnoto'r.mnn, every rn:in handling anytiiii..; ■ •"•"Is gives the fireman the right oi and he does so spontaneously and gladly, says the New York Sun. And often many drivers hold up all at once to give the driver of the fire engine his choice of way?, p.s they would where two streets cross, and they do this before they see the engine afc all. But they know it'* coming and they hear its whistle.

Here was an engine coming along a cross street to Broadway, whistle a calling. At the first note of it every motorman or driver who chanced at the moment to be near the junction of Broadway ana this street, stopped short, leaving the central space unoccupied, and leaving clear channels away from it in every direction.

None of these drivers could know which way the' fire driver would want to turn when he got to the corner, so they all stopped, to give him a free road in whichever way he wanted to go and when he had come and gone dashing round the corner they all smarted \m again on their several ways. But so far as they could they had given ihe whole earth to him.

AUTOMOBILE SEA SCOUTS. 'M B**s»e«tlen Whioh Might Be> Adopts &t by Havel Powei* io Vtukßß Ae military motor-bicycle* have al» ready proved themselves to be of value in scouting, it is probable that hi nearly every civilized country they will be largely used in future land warfare. Why, if the fast land scout prove bo useful, should not the navy adopt the same methods? A boat, 60 feet long, with two 25-horse power engines, built very light, to carry, say, four persons and to be capable of considerable speed, would be a most useful addition to a battleship of a fleet, says the London Star. The ordinary torpedo boat is too long and draws too much water for scouting near shore or in shallow water, but a launch might be made to draw less than three fee* of water, and yet have a speed of upwards of 30 knots. There would, be no funnels or smoke to attract the notice of the enemy, and with underwater exhaust the boat might be made almost silent. If built low in the water, or with the power of semi-submersion, it would be difficult to hit. Probably sueh a craft would be more useful than anything yet invented in the wag ai a eeout for gee puxpocea, W MOUHTAHf PEAK MAT FAIX. !S,OBwi»4ffl 'Are in threat Danger fMiss Wtmmfamlng Kontutasn &o» lk..' ; pnttMAISA, ■> Although ft has been rumoreS throughout the Alpine region for some time that the Altels—-the greet mountain peak which rears itself high above the famous Geinmi pass—was ixs a more or less shaky condition, no one expected! to hear that there was an|] danger of its falling. Now, however* it is definitely stated that the Altehl is on. the point of splitting in two and may come thundering down' almost any time, says a report from Neo* chatel, Switzerland. Damage enough will be done if the famous peak does fall in any case, but it is to be hoped that the crash wilt come before the next tourist season begins, for the GenrmJ, above which the Altels towers, is used to a greater extent than any other Alpine paea> The inhabitant of the region can imagine what will be the result if thn Altels should come crashing down, having experienced • such an occur* rence on a smaller scale when glaciere from this particular peak have descended upon them. The last one felt in September, 1895, and many pea*» ante were killed. »

A CHICAGO "QUICK LUNCH.'* It Took Only An Hour, Bat the Cht* cigoaiii Must Have Been "Ju»Jn« teat" <tn» Hew Yorker*. "Whwre can we get a quick lunch?" asked one of the official stenographer* of the IS'atio&al Civic Federation who came on from Chicago to report thfi proceedings of the executive committee, of the industrial department «rf. that oiganization, reports the Newt York Times. Before the reporter to whom the question was addressed could tell of the neighboring "beef-and" places which met his idea of a "quick lunch," the Chicago stenographer asked how far it was to 's, mentioning a pla*« where a New Yorker would not go unless he had several dollars to spare tog luncheon and a couple of hours to d«* vote to gustatory delights. The stenographers compromised oa one of the best downtown restaur ants. "We had a good,, quick lunch," s«lf one of the stenographers on their T9* turn. "And it only took us an hour."* "Do you call that a 'quick lunch* i* ! Chicago?" asked the reporter. "Any thing over 15 minute* wgcall n. d*MVW in New York." , ■ •>■_ »wi A Valuable DtaeovA*y* A hitherto unknown, portrait of Martin Luther, .painted by Lucas Cranach, the celebrated artist afciS burgemaster ''ot Wittenberg, has bees 'uncovered in the town church of Wittenberg'. It is pronounced to be tha best portrait, of Martin Luther in *»»' Utcnce* .;_._ • /«.