Here and There.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 November 1911, Page 4

Here and There.

RAILWAY WORK PHOTOGRAPHS'. Tho n.-o.s of photography arc oomstantly extending. A wostorn rnilrcncl has uses fo-r it as a substittitr for written reports on construction woik. For example, the progress of tlie work of changing a grade crossing or. building a bridge is photographed at stated periods and the photographs are nroseiTod both as a record and as illustrations of method. .Pictures also are taken of all the resources of the rend in the woy ->f material, and of every mile of track, .showing curves, grades, switches, and crossings. A complete .set of photographs is used, too, to illustrate the hook of rules which is placed in the hands of every rail . roadman. This enable the men to refresh their memories by reference to the view of any particular point on the road, and makes them more readily interchangeable from one division to another. The hook of Tides also emit a ins photographs of trains in more than 100 combinations; of circumstances, and the text informs the trainmen what to do in siieh cases. THE NEW ARCHITECTURE. The changes which aerial transport may be expected to make in the domain of architecture may be • summed np as follows:—Tho point of view of most our buildings will be changed, causing the upper surfaces to become the actual front and form the principal portions for access and architectural treatment and compelling the present unsightly tops to disappear. Tho upper "stories will become tho most desirable for residence, retail commerce and pop- . nlar usage, causing a corresponding change in the interior arrangement of buildings. Tho dispersion of population possible by reason of the improved transportation facilities will develop a, new type of building adapted to overhead access. Mr H. : H. vSuplee urges in Cassier's , that , ' the. hideous tops of our present buildings would never have been ,' permitted if the architect had understood that tho point of • view would ever bo from above. NEWSPAPERS FOR PRISONERS Prisoners in tho Irish gaols who are on the eve of their release after long terms, and figure on the good conduct list, are permitted tho luxury of a. carefully censored news iShcet, illustrated, which is supplied • by tho authorities. The gradual substitution. of clear for opaque glass in prison windows, an improvement in the prisoners' clothing, making it "smarter and neater," and the organising of more lectures for prisoners, were features adopted during the past year, says the report of the Irish Prison Board. TO STUDY CANNIBALISM. Mr D. Jeiniess, of Balliol College, Oxford, is about to leave England . on a scientific expedition in British New Guinea. Tlie undertaking has been organised by the University of Oxford, and the cost of which is being borne by private subscribers, will involve at least. 12 months' ' wor kin the field. Tlie headquarters will he on Good enough Island, the most northerly part of D'Entrecastcaux Archipelago. It is intended to study tho habits and customs, arts and religian of the inhabitants, who are thought to. be an intermixture of Melanesian and Papuan peoples. It is known that cannibalism exists among the natives.