The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1886.

Kumara Times, Issue 3109, 20 October 1886, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1886.

To-night, at the Adelphi Theatre, Mr Walter Prince, an eminent electrical engineer, lately from England, will give an exhibition of electricity, demonstrating the transmission of power for practical purposes. It may not be generally known here that electric force is now not limited in practice to telegraphy only, but it is likewise found to be more efficient, more easy of application, less dangerous, easier of maintenance, and, last but not least, capable of transmission for miles in distance by a most simple and comparatively inexpensive method—viz., a small copper wire—and cheaper by 50 per cent, than steam, compressed air, or hydraulics, the difficulties attendant upon the application of the two latter being infinitely more expensive and less effective, as well as being much more costly to maintain ; and in case of breakage it can be repaired in a few moments. With such advantages the power should commend itself to the notice of everyone, from a financial and economic standpoint, and the general public should avail themselves of the opportunity of acquiring every information on the occasion of Mr Walter Prince’s visit here, as he is the first electrician on this side of the line to transmit large electrical force over a circuit of six miles, and by which 30 quartz stampers are actuated, as may now be seen at Skipper’s Creek, Otago. The power is already successfully applied in many instances for the propulsion of tram cars, trucks, &c., both in England and America, and the returns from which give very much greater results in economy ' than any of the other modes of propulsion. We acknowledge receipt of “The Statutes of New Zealand” for 1886, being those passed in the third session of the ninth Parliament of this colony. It contains 56 public general Acts, 16 local Acts, and four private (deemed to be public) Acts, and makes a volume of 692 pages. We have also received No. 28 Hansard, which completes the Parliamentary Debates for the session 1886. The Christchurch coach arrived this afternoon, at the usual hour, bringing the West Coast portion of the San Francisco mails. The funeral of the late Michael Caddigan took place this afternoon, and was very largely attended. On Saturday last (says the West Coast Times), a very sad accident happened to a lad named James Patz, at the Blue Spur. It appears that he was making a fire when his younger brother threw some powder from a flask into it. The flame ignited the powder, and running along the train burst the powder flask. The little fellow’s hand was badly cut, and his brother’s face was fearfully burnt, the ashes being literally blown into the flesh. The flask has not yet been found. The boy has since been taken to the hospital. There will shortly bo issued under the authority of the Hon. the Minister of Mines, a Handbook on New Zealand Mining. Not a Beverage. —“ They are not a beverage, but a medicine, with curative properties of the highest degree, containing no poisonous drugs. They do dot tear down an already debilitated system, out built it up. One bottle contains more real Hop strength than a barrel of ordinary beer. Physicians prescribe them.—. Rochester, U.y.A., Evening Express, on American Hop Bitters.