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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 44, 21 March 1877, Page 3

There has^ been an extraordinary failure of justice afc Laitnceston. The Tasmanian Parliament, daring its ' last session passed a new Juries Act. which does not come into force until July, and the former one had been repealed. Consequently Chief Justice Smith ruled that no juries could be etnpannelled ; the Attorney-General had to enter nolle prosequi.; and six prisoners had to be discharged. — " Duue.din Star." The first cremation furnace m America, says the " San Francisco News Letter," has just been constructed on Gallows Hill, about a mile from Washington. Pa. It is built -of brick, one story m height, with a roof of corrugated iron ; it has three chimneys and* two rooms. ■> In tlie receptionroom there is a catafalque, with a few chairs for mourners. The furnace m the crema^ tion room is seven and a half- feet long. Coke will be used m beating the retort. The Jwiffian asEeß**wifi* be 'coifeefced.in a small box, and stored m a glass case. intlie; reesption-room, with label, photograph and N poefry, if need be. No fees will be charged for Uncineratiori, inasmuch as the furnace has, jbeeu dedicated to the ,•: poor -by the\ owne>, Dr F. Julius Le Moyne. The first utilisjitipn of the furnace was dpon the body of "Tom Collins, -an Irish laborer, who helped to Txuild it, and^ desired his remains' to be thusNdjspoßed of. They were, done /into ashes^in forty minutes. " .