MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 2, 28 November 1877, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

In reference to the n?v? hospital in . Auckland, the Star publishes tho following :— A. gentleman whose duties called him to the hospital this morning, was both ' gu^rised ?nd disgusted, to find that most

important requisite in a sanitary csta j blishmont, namely, wat"r, wn ouspi- : cuous by its abj3tiee. Not a juf'ul was to be had either to drink, or to wash a wound, op to flmh a closet,. Thuo who are fond of anonnlies ra;y s'u ly a remarkable one here. A majnifvent Imil I ■ ing is erected for our invalids sit a cost ol something like £2 >, 0)3, so Ivmdsonv a structure, indeed, that v medical nvui who arrived fVom England a fe»v d tys ago said he was astounded at seeing sue'< a splendid hospital in the colonies. The arrangement of wards is elaborate I with the utmost care; skilful doctors aro appointed to attend to tho patient?, an efficient staff of nurses is kept ut>; ivory, thing is done that skill and science can devise for the rapid and complete cure of those whom accident or infirmity miy lodge within its walls— everything is provided that may induce the return of health except water. What a notable instance of spoiling a noble ship for a ha'porth of tar. The fact is the more remarkable j because tho atteution of the Government i has been repeatedly called to tho matter by Mr Herspath. the architect. That we mr.y not bo accused of magnifying what j is undeniably a great evil, we may as well ! mention that there is a well attached to I the building, from which water is raised i to the upper floors by a small steam en- | gine. This well to day was quiro dry, a j state in which it is found not soidom. 1 While the steam hummer at Po I i Chalmers, hns been showing the good j people of the Port how much it can do j in the way of local industry, Messrs j Kincaid and M'Queen, of the city, have ; been attempting to prone that they can j I supply an article which it has frequently , been deemed expedient to import. That 1 enterprising firm has just, turned out of ; their foundry the largest boiler ever | manufactured iv Dunedin, if'not in Now j Zealand. The dimensions of the boiler j ar e_breadth, 10ft ; length Brt8 r t G.n ; height. ; Bft } and weight, U tons. It is Q;ted up , with all the latest improvement*, and is i highly finished. A teat of 15 horses, I yesterday, safely conveyed the boiler | i to the itattray street j-tty. whence it will be placed in the p.s. Dispatch, for which steamer it has Ueen b.uili.— Ota^o Daily Times. "Atlas" in the World says that an enterprising publisher i 3 about to bring out a fae<iniile of the hmous Bible, a enpv of which is to Le seen at. the Cast on Exhibition, in whinh the word * not was omitted from fie, seventh commiiKlm^ntHe expects a good demand for tlio book amongst Iheex-nobility and gentry. The Sydney correspondent of the Auckland Star furnished tho following items of Australian news:— l'h« Imnkmakers arc paying their lo*«?ess "»i I ho race meeting. Thompson paid £21.000, indu ling 10.000 to Cluster's owner. The public arc backward in m^etinsr their liabilities. — Chester remain'! linn for the Champion Knop. — Tuo elation* have terminated. The Government lim<-<- a slig'it, not a working, majority — Fa'lhfu', the messengpr nt the Observatory, has bean acquitted of the attempt to assassinate Mr Knsspll, the Government Astronomer. Tito Judge said his character was uol cleared. The Crown Princes of Germany and her Impprial husband Jim most. nnxiou« that their eldp«t son, Prince William, should have the bpneflt of n lnni ro<idenee in Kn^laivl, ' tho only eountrv." says tho amiable Prinepss, '" wlicre h n fun learn how to become a geptlemtn." The Prince and PHncess wished tlieir b^y to have quarters at one of the Ilnvnl Palaop". but hern difficulties nrnse. nnd the result i>\ I believe, that (lie- Civ>'vn Prince has taken a house for the ]oduini?s of the f utnre Emoeror of Germany. 'J'he young Prinze is described to me by one >vho knows h'm as emphitioally n "nice" boy. w'<o will bpcome very pninl-ir among his. iDaglish j relations nnd friends, | "What is thp nv^ra^p nnm l^ 1 ' of the inhabitant* of Ilvde Pa'-k ? Puring the summer it is the nighllv hotel of numerous .people, and I lnve been informed that there are some who nevpr co outside the Park gatp< for weeks at a time. Two mpu wpre bivouacking under my window on Wednesday night, and their conversation was wafted in. Hpi'p is a snerimen of itj "Well, you wouldn't think it to look at me now, but, I've danr- >d with duchesses — lye, and they were pleased to do it, too ! " The following snliioHioy's es«ay on Time has been forwarded fo me from Woolwich :—" The value of time is useful fir petting their living. It is most useful. There is not a minute to lose. It wns invented by Alfred the Great, who mad? ft very long cnndlp. Time is u«pd for the purpose of tp'ling npople the timo Many men make their living by making time. Same people make thei^ living l>y mak ; ng time. Some people make their livelihood by rooking wnt-nhes and clocks. Time passes very quickly foi\ man or boy. Man for his labour and boy for his work. There is a time for all things, especially for grown-up people." I Iparn from a reliable correspondent at Berlin that the Crown Prince of Prussia has expressed himself in favour — under certain conditions likely to seenre a lasting pence between France and CTprraanv— j of the surrender of Alsace and Lorraine, in consideration of an adequate indemnity. The Germans fiiul th" provinces will not assimilate with the Fatherland, and that j they are a source of dangpr rather than ■ of security. A correspondent adds that j it is im-Drobable that the transfer would j meet with approval in German Court cir- j cles, of with the Chancellor, so lorn» a«» France remains withoat a settled form of , government. I Ike Emperor of Germany is adjudged, ' b.y common consent of fsho fairer portion ' of humanity, to be "quite the nicest old | gentleman" in the world. Here- is^jin ! illustration of his excessive amiability, which conies to me fi-rst haad. The oMier , duy there was a •; rent review in Hei-lin. and some English ladies who were talking to him expressed their intense desire to witness the evolutions. Now, the Kaiser, who has the keen eye of ardent youth for female boauty, is known to a little enteric to be a great admirer of one of these ladies, and when he heard her request he announced his intention of complying with the wish, to the best of his. power, more especially as tho day of her departure from , Berlin, was. fast approaching ; ; so, taking , | up a card, he wrote upon the back of it j with his own imperial hauls directions to -j the military police to place the two English ladies in the best possible position, aucj 95 sear, as cjjgUt ho to liiniaoliVX 1

*hdl liv on horseback," the gallant Kaiser added, " but Jo riot look at tne, or you will see my eyes full o f tears at the thought of vonr le-iving us." !?ays .>E>les in the Australasian : Two of the champion gold mines of Victoria tfe tiio Long 'runnel at Walhalla, (onca Stringer's Creek) and the North Cross Koef sit Stawell (once Pleasant Creek). In making up the Long Tunnel's total gold return for the Paris Exhibition, the local journal st.itcs that the gold won from the mine, from 18i>9 to May last, amounts to 7 tons Ojsvt 2qr ]2!b, and asks, with pardonable pride, «• What gold mine in Victoria can show returns equal to this ? ' Curiously enough tim challenge was answerod within a week or two by the report of the produce nf the North Cross Keel 1 , which since 18/0, has amounted to 7 tons 13ewt. good worth about ii million sterling. We could do with a few more mines like tho.-e. A French chrmist is said to have sue* eeeded in producing a paint with which to illuminate the street doors at nioht. Figures traced with it shine so as to be read through the most profound darkness and the preparation of the compound is said to be simple, inexpensive, and not injurious. It is known to our War Office that tha French Government have just adopted a very formidable gun called a camion* revolver? The peculiarity of this arm consists in its capabilities of throwing Sli shells per minute of rather more than one pound each, which break up into 21 fragments. The cannon - revolver can bo brniijht into action and the range determined with grout rapidity, aud when once sighted it can be worked without the slightest recoil anJ traversed by pivot fiction. Its destructive effects can thus be brought lo bear on troops either in column or deployed. It commences to be effective at the tremendous range of over &.OQ!i yards. The first delivery of this formidable arm to the French Uovurnmout is principally for the use of the navy. Tim guns are Gred Irom imd resting on the- , bulwarks, and are intouded for torpedo* b at searching. In this form the weight of the piece is about 7OQJb., but as fieldpieces the additional gear reg lired brings, them up ti» about I.GOQIb. Two m,en ouly are required to move the gun itself. It is considered to be a formidable weapou.— I Whitehall Jlerie.v. : By (he return of the Dauntless, says the F'ji Argus, we heir of a very serious sliooiiug ailVay having taken pbioe at Havannah l£;irbor, Sandwich islands. Ig seems that tbe schooner Marion Jiennie^ from Fiji, called in there, having on board, Captain Haddock, of Levuka, as <jovern- ' ment Agent He went ashore and them met a seaman named IVrederick Pureell.. [ also well known : .n Lcvukn. During their stay on shoru the two men had a row. Some o.her persons interfered aud whijo. trying to separate them Haldock suddenly drew a revolver and shot Purcell in, the neck, ll missed the jugular vein by a miracle, passing rouud tuc right side ot the neck and lodging in the shoulder blade. Purcell was so close that tho powder burin the skin round the wound* an. I the bull is yet in his shoulder, This, occurred al>out two months ago, and,, although Purcell seems to have perfectly recovered fr>m the wound, until the aliuir is properly investigated it leaved Captain ifaddocic in a very unpleasant positiou. The Melbourne correspondent of the Dunediu Times thus writes : — " Levy thegreit Levy, il.e man with the long mows-*. tJiche and short temper, bas becu thochief introduction into the Colonial constellation lately. His wouderfuj cornetplaying his vagaries, iiress, manners, an I peculiarities b.ive amused the theatrical \v rid siiMtt* his arrival. He has. done Sydney, Melbourne, tho mini rig, nortlt, eastern, ami western districts, of Victoria, going twice over the border in New Soutu Wales, Tasmania, andAdelaid^, each.time with unprecedented suceeess. Everywhere his wonJertul command over Uiu cornet his astonished even people who wereunaware of bis great name and fame. H,o takes with him everywhere a m^giiih'ceut company, the members of wbicti be is. cou.stamiy changing, tor ie is. not in his. nature to. agree with anyone long. Thatcher — lucky dog — who has got his agcucy, is^ the only man with, whom, be agrees, an. i he t^bes care never to meet him. As soon as Levy arrives the asiute Kichmond is, otf to fresh tields aud pa>tures new. Jt Ci.auot be questioned, hunev.er, tliat l.c heralds " tuc gi cutest living instrument " thoroughly well. The company for New Zealand will be very strong, lor Mrs Levy, who is Miss Jllanau Couway, of New York, won a great name as an actress and vocalist, is to be a member of it,, wuh 6i^uora Gjoiza, Kosuuti, aud, others.