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Kumara Times, Issue 3107, 18 October 1886, Page 2

Inasmuch as the electrical entertainment which Mr Prince is to give us on Wednesday night is of such a novel character and such that we may not have the opportunity of seeing again in Kumara, we trust our citizens will avail themselves of this opportunity of witnessing, and hearing explained to them the uses and applications of the new “Hercules,” particularly as elecricity has just claims on a mining community since it brings with its application a saving in £ s. d. as exemplified by the only electro-motor stamping battery in the world, and situated in Otago. Wednesday’s exhibition and address, we understand, will be thoroughly practical, and not a scientific treatise on the subject; and it is Mr Prince’s intention to cut up timber in the Adelphi Hall, the original power being at Messrs Nicholson and Fairbairn’s sawmill, fully quarter of a mile away. Models of a ten-head battery and a winding engine or windlass, &c., will also be shown at work, while the hall itself will show another application of the same force in the form of electric lighting on the principle of its adaptation to domestic use. A letter is announced to be delivered in the Town Hall on Thursday evening by Mr F. A. Olden, an active member of the School of Mines, assisted by some of the other members, the subject of which will be “Chemistry and Chemical Action,” with experimental illustrations. Tlie admission will be free, and ladies are invited to attend. The Christchurch Press is informed by ; Messrs Kinsey, Ward, and Co., agents for the Brunner Coal Company, that a new steamer has been purchased of 1000 tons capacity ; her name is the Rosamond and she is due in the colony very shortly. Another steamer will also be ordered from Horae, containing all the latest improvements for a steam collier. She will be 200 ft. long, have a beam of 34ft., and carry fully 1000 tons. Sixteen young men accused of beiim concerned in the Moore Park outrage have been in custody, but four of them (the Sydney correspondent of the Dunedin Evening Herald states) have since been discharged. The magisterial investigation is taking place with closed doors, but it is said that four of the accused have made a full confession, and that the Crown has arranged for a pardon being granted to one of the penitents in order to secure his evidence against the gan". A special to the Melbourne Age states that Hanlan attended at the Sportsman office on the afternoon of the 28th ult. in order that he might sign articles in connection with the proposed match in the event of Beach presenting himself. He waited two hours, but the champion did not respond to the champion. Hanlan professes great indignation at his challenge not being taken up, and called Beach a coward.