TO CORRESPONDENTS.
" CM.''—We will insert the words of the song at an early opportunity. " Old Sluicer'."—The Thames was begun in 1825 ; excavation' was commenced .oft' the Ist of April in that year ; the first horizontal driving in December, 1825; first irruption of water, 544 feet from the shaft, May 18, 1827 ; second do., in which six workmen perished, January 12, 1828 ; opened throughout for foot passengers, March 25, 1843. The length of the tunnel is 1300 feet; breadth, 35 feet; height, 20 feet : clear width of archway, including foothpath, 14 feet ; thickness of earth between the tunnel and bed of the river, 15 feet. "■ A Juryman."—We have been purposing for some days to notice the course pur° sued. Our remarks appear to-day. " J.B."—The New York Times also published the entire revised New Testament on the same day as the Chicago Tribune May 22nd. The work meets witli general favour among the clergy. A few have condemned it. "A VoLUJfTEER.."—Your reply to "Recruit" is unneccessarily long, but we will give it insertion, perhaps tomorrow.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1523, 15 August 1881, Page 2
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173TO CORRESPONDENTS. Kumara Times, Issue 1523, 15 August 1881, Page 2
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