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Grey River Argus, Issue 81, 19 July 1866, Page 2

s A Election. — Tlie " Otago, • Daily Times'' says,,that.^" there are, op probably will be, three candidates for the vacant seat for the Lindis District in the. Provincial-Council-^ndz., Mr D. F. B&in, Mr Fulton of. Oaniaru, and Mr Frahce.of the same neighbourhood. There are three; pr four electors on the roll for the district, and'one of them will pretty certainly not bej able to. give his vote, as he will be atn : tending to his duties as a member; of the. - House of Representatives. An- equaUty ' in the number of candidates and of eletttSra will certainly be a novelty." ' . l*% The '' Tafanaki Herajd "; of. the=' 2and • inst. gives the following as' a good method! ■' of smelting the- iron-sand :—We are informedithat Mr 'J. Perry pf this town haa just taken out a patent for smelting the iron-sand, and the process 'is certainly a novel one. The fuel (andlonly material) . used is crude petroleum^ or the refuse of ■ ; petroleum after- purifying; this is %alM^/ in a furnjjee arid tlie Band 'gently aaT3T v gradually introduced; wiibh the result, it is said, that it is immediately smelted and * .runs off, without in any. way chocking "the - furnace. A suitable furnace forVtryjng it extensively, is, we hear, about to be built. It ,is certainly not:newsssiy*tb;pwht outthe beneficial effects which^his' discovery will have on theiprosperity, of Tarana^i, if it proves i;o be" what its xnventerbelievea it is. MrPeiryhaslongbien^npwhfoi? his persevering experiments on the iroh-. .sand, and we hdpp he has at lasj?«bt a^real -prize.'. ■":"]:,-':'::' "\~ "•■-■'. •-■■ v';-' •" O