ALL ROUND THE WORLD

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 170, 2 November 1881, Page 3

ALL ROUND THE WORLD

Dummy Editors. — The position of J journalists m Japan does not seem a i very comfortable one; they are con> stantly getting into hot water with the authorities, and are fined and imprisoned ad libitum. So' -hardly have they been used that anew branch has been arlde'l o most of the newspaper offices m Japan. A broken-down fellow is hired to occupy the nominal position of editor, and when the paper falls under the arm of the law he is at once marched off to the prison, where he works out his sentence, while a fresh dummy fills his place. The imprisoned one can readily find employment when he has worked out his term. It would probably be a good idea for those countries which are overburdened with tramps to export a few to < Japan. The " dummy " editorship would be just the place for thtm. What Mummies are Used foe. — A gentleman passing through Long Acre the other da}', peeped into a little ihop and started suddenly at the sight of several dead bodies, They had been dead for over two thousand years — they were mummies. Where did they come from ? From Thebes. Are more coming ? Yes plenty. There appears to be doing a regular business going on m mummies between Thebe and Long Acre. The mummies are brought over enveloped iv their rich bituminous covering, and — j horresco referens — ground up, boiies, case 3, coverings bitumen and all ? Wha' ; for"? Why, for paint. There seems to be no burnt sienna like ground mummy The artists arc willing to pay high "or this mummy paint. Good »ld mummy will soon be a regular market quotation. The" Steam Navy. — Persons visiting fhe Ocean Beach, Dunedin, should not fail to see the patent steam excavator — more commonly known as the " Yankee \ Devil"— which belongs to Mr Pritchard, , and is used m his reclamation contract. The excavator, which was purchased m New York, and cost when placed m working position here about £2000, can be seen at work m the sandhills about a hundred rods from Proudfoot's Pacific Hotel. The foreman, Mr Stenhouse, with six men, is 'he force which works the excavator and loads the sand truck*. With this force the excavator loads thirty trucks m thirty minutes, which will give the reader a faint idea that it does the work of about seventy men. It raises about 25001 b of sand each time, and two scoops, which suffice to fill a truck, ar--made m less than a minute. For the time it takes to move th« excavatoi and other delays, it averages about fifty trucks of sand per hour every day. The British Navt. — The Secretary to the Admiralty, speaking m the House of Commons, made some statements of a satisfactory character on the condition of the navy. He demonstrated its superiority over any other fleet m tne world, m the matter of heavy guns ; he answered the criticism that the guns are not of the most approved shape by the statement that the whole subject of naval ordnance is m a transitional stage. The equipment of our British mea. of- war with the right sort of guns has commenced, but has not yet been finished, and Mr. Trevelyan promises tnat our navy will shortly have not only the largest number of guns of any nary afloat, but the very best that can be purchased. Sir John Hay proposes to add an an annual vote of three millions to the Navy Estimates, and to spend the money m laying down more ships. Out naval estimates have steadily been rising for a great number of years, and for 2881 and 1882 the sun of £10,563,549— in other words, just a quarter of a million more than the preceeding twelve Months. Sir John Hay will have hard wtrk m convencing Parliament that'this further addition is absolutely necessary.' A PjBCUJtTAB BEQUEST., — -A Mrs GHenny, who recently resided at the Kortk Shore, Auckland," and lately died m Melbourns, has made a most extraordinary will, which proves that with her the ruling passion was strong m dearth. She left some of her money to a jounsr man m Melbourne, but the money is only to be paid to him when the English nation acknowledges that it belongs to certain Jewish tribes. We art afraid he will have to wait a .longtime for his inheritance. * Another > t bw Sect.-} A sect that is ;to eat up mormoni'sna is announced m America. It has been started by Mr. J. M. Allen. Tb? pystem is n compound of Socialism, Communism, and Polygamy. There will be no war, murder, nor capital punishment ; " Nature* Dirino la»r " will be tfa. scuidiiirr -tar of the sect, an>' crime will be positively probiHtcrt. The dress will be a peculiar pattern, being a ]

oose garment coulinuo'is fom the nrck to the ankle, made m two halves, both sexes to wear it aMke. Priests, cree Is. sectarianism, and religious persecutions are to be unknn» n. Marriages are to bo of the " harmonins moiiogamic kind," based on mutual affection md adoption, and each person is to hav»> a private apartment. The new sect daily gathers m numbers.