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Evening Star, Issue 3563, 24 July 1874, Page 3

The * Tuapeka Times ’ reports that Mr W. Tayea has purchased Mr Bastinge’a interest in the Black Horse Brewery, Lawrence, for 1.2,686 18s 6d. ’ Speaking of Roxburgh’s being created a mun-cipality, the ‘Southland Times’ sa s: —“We hope our Roxburgh friends will study economy in the management of their town, andthat after their municipality has existed ight years, they will be in a like position with the incorporated town of Milton—free fr'm debt and not like Lawrence, wi : h a millstone of d«bt round its neck, and bit little to show for it. ” The ‘ South Canterbury Time l * ’ says the ‘ laranaki News ’ is in favor of the union of that Province with * dago, “the only Province that has pivperly fulfilled its duties,” The latter paper says :—Some one whis* pers—the distance. The distance is exactly what we want. Provincial Governments and Councils are too immediately accessible to local influence on questions that ought to be beyond it. Colonial Government, 16,000 miles off, is too far; but Utago is near enough under Provincial Government, and Wellington is near enough under the General Government, if we could gat rid of the small intermediate central Government.” The New York ‘Sun’ describes an air ship invented by L. B. Hunt of Auburn, New York State, who expects to travel by its agency through the air at the rate of 100 miles an hour. So far as the aerial apparatus is concerned, drawings showing that precisely a similar plan for rising was devised by a resident in Dunedin some years ago are in existence ; but it was not thought practicable, on account of the weight of the steam engine and water supply necessary Probably Mr Hunt has resolved the problem although the pr jeotor in New Zealand considors, bo h-Withatauditig the improvements during the last ten years, by which enormous power has been gained in proportion to the weight of steam apparatus, it will be found when aerial travelling becomes uji fait accompli, man will have to rely on mechanically assisted muscular efforts for both speed a; d safety. The difference between the two plans is that in addition to the rotary motion for rising, propelling machinery was ad-led by the Dunedin resident, which is not mentioned in the New York account. This may however be an omission on the part of the Imonatist who curtailed the diecriptiou for a copy of which we are indebted to a contemporary —“The car destined to carry the passengers is of wood, 30ft. long, Bft. high, and Bft. wide. This is attached to the en-gine-room, 20ft. above, by four wire cables, and the motive power is steam, one of Slisby’s rotatory 50 horse-power engines being used. The engine is so constructed as to turn upright shafts, one within the other, working in opposite directions, to which wings made of sheet iron, slightly concave, are attached. These wings are eight in number—of a foot wide next the shaft, 6ft. at the extreme end, and 12ft. long, being attached to the outer shaft; four of a similar shape of the same dimensions being attached to the inner shaft, 10ft. above the other. When the machinery is set in motion, these wings 1L t the vessel, and the whole apparatus is steered by a sheet-iron rudder, parallel to the shaft of the engine at the right ©f the machine, 10ft. long, by sft. wide. From the car to the top of the shaft the vessel measures 58ft., and it has cost twelve thousand dollars. It weighs six tons, is capable of carrying six tons more, and will afford accomodation for 40 persons.” This, though placed in quotation, is a some what abridged account of this extraordinary vessel. But it contains a 1 that is material, without going into more minute details. It should be observed, however, that no trial has yet been made of this vessel, although one is promised at an early day.