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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 148, 25 June 1877, Page 4

White Island Stilphub.— The buVphur,of; White Island, near Tauranga, is reported to he almost boundless, and' the Thames Advertiser says that the proprietors of. the island are about .to convert the material at hand into sulphuric acid as, well an,: roll; sulphur, flour of sulphur, &c. Hitherto the use of sulphuric acid in these colonies has be^n. restricted to the narrowest limits, owing to the great coat of freight and packing charges; owners of many vessels refusing to take/ it under any conditions, others only as deck cargo. Sirfpfrufic acid, itself the base of almost ; air tiie~ moat tSfeeful acids, is made, jn. England in vast quantities both 'from' sulphur and pyrites,, while its first cost bears no proportion to thb prices charged out here, add so highly valued from an economic point of view is this useful product, that it has been truly said that the measure. of- a nations manufacturing prosperity may betaken by the quantity of sulphuric acid which it produces and consumes. The agricultural interests wiil also benefit by this new local industry. The carriage of bones to the mill and back- again to the farm cafi then be superseded by tiie empleytneo^of the acid as a solvent, wJ ?-9_* ••■ i effects iv a abort space of time, producing the valuable manure known as superphosphate, while the substratus ;b§ jthe Jslantl being gypsum .will.he equally useful as a man ure; and for. the . manufacture of. cements and plaster of Paris,,.,,. . ;:;; ";';Y "' . .r „j A .Copenhagen correspondent writ- ! ing on}theli9t April\_iaJß:--,The:Hs\- (- wegian £aper_l- fdbeiv^d td-da/ bnhg some details pf a,. terrible calamity i which occurred a few days ago^in the Norwegian ' : vfflage ; -of ' -JEliingfeo, . It , ■p|^«*Bi}*bat.the echoolmasterhdd calfeii ttfe^^blldren of the village^ together with the object of esatoining them, using for this purpose this "Be&>od. floor of' ;;a! .Tailge unfinished' log. v nou'se,' 'io' wnich' access was gained: through a window by means of a ladder, the staircase being unfinished* Twenty children had'' assembled, and the exa~. mioation..was nearly concluded, wheu suddenly- the S(.__o6l_irt_s.6r Observed smoke, directly followed by flames, enyelbjpiog the' rooni in a moment -io fire. 3 Kushing to the window the schoolmaster observed to his terror that the ladder had disappeared. Seizing's couple of children he threw them puj^ of the window, and jumped himself, breaking one leg in the fall. All the men in the village were out fishing and wbtifeh away* thus no assistance was possible, and sixteen of the children were burnt to death. iTbefollowiog is from the late Home News to haud .:— -On Suuday, April 22, a thanksgiving meeting was held at the beautiful chapel belonging to the Independents at Cymher, near Troedyrbiw, for the deliverance of the five miners. A- congregation of about 1500; ; com- c posed chiefly df miners and their wives and daughters, attended, and the service was remarkable for the religions. fervour displayed. Aged mine^iu homely language, offered up their humble thanks to, the Most High for the deliverance of the captives. After each prayer a hymn was given out and sung by the whole congregation, the prayers and hymns being in the Welsh tongue. It waa a most interesting service. The musio was of a highly cultivated order, and strangers present declared that it was the best congregational singing they had ever heard. In the middle of the religious service a venerable member of the congregation stood up aud referred with deep emotion to the sympathy displayed by the whole uation ior the imprisoned miners, and the admiration felt for the heroic band who fought their way to the deliverance of their comrades through indescribable dangers. He referred to the sympathy et-incad by her Majesty, aud stated that their tongues were unequal to the tusk of expressing tbeir gratitude to tliat august lady. At the mention o( the name of her Majesty,, the whole congregation rose to their feet simul-, tafceoTuily, as if moved by one common impulse. According to the Prairie Farmer, the poeition of Coroner in New J. orkis j more lucrative than that of the President, of the United States.; The Chicago paper goes ou to Bay .•— " At a late ineetiDg ot the Municipal Society of that city, Jackson 6. bchuhz- said there were iostances in which a Coroner had made 50,000 dollars a year, and now that official often ande 15,01)0 t> 20,000 dollars. He knew oue case where a man died iv bis bathroom, aud it cbSt thousands of dollars to have the resultoi the coioner's investigation made

jto suit the relatives. The attempts of l{ families to conceal suicides cost thousI s(nds yearly. Men of low character, such as those selected by Tammany ! Hall to be coroners, had almost unlimited power and facilities to extort bribes and blackmail. Ex-coroner Adolph >Keßslerr* ga^ve soma, of his. esperi6boW ioJ the ; office. 1 In ittfeicako 6l \ a; sudden death of a relative or friend of Mr Alexander, of" the Equitable Life As3urance Company, at the Windsor, he had been* offered a roll of bills Iby -a? friend of Mr Alexander to conduct the - ibq'ies't to suit the; views of the ore-! latives. He bad been astounded at tbe persistent efforts made by persons -iu; j the highest social circles to influence ! him in discharging his duties. He was offered sums of from 1000 dollars to - 5000 dollars, and even 10,000 dollars, tp acquiesce in the wishes of relatives of the deceased. persons.", ... . I Those unhappy' creatures the Wairarapa Editors (says paper) are at it again. The News Letter is no#- : a year old, and, congratulating if self on the fact, it does a little of t^hat i&ffthony Tt'dFlope Oalls "bltfwibg." "There is^ not," ifc proudly, remarks, "a man in the district who can point to a course,, and bid us to follow ' it." Commenting upon this, the Standard remarks " that such a sentiment would be appropriate if itcould emanate from tbe lips of a pig or donkey." The Standard can bot even let t the Editor of the News Letter alone when he gets a present of a mutton ham from a local; tradesman, and dat a rally enough says a good word about the excellence of the hams aforesaid which; tbat tradesmau bas on sale. Then the Editors of the News and the News ' Letter are still blackguarding each other iike a couple of flahlags.. ..-..The only way to put a stop to this sort of thing Vis for . thb tribi of ) Editdra 'Mi. ' meet at an, appointed plape, and adjust : thtfir differences b l y " atriangoiaVduel:' i Th,e , precise; manner in which thisrean . . be fought is described by Captain Marryat inhis charmiog hovel U; J_iid-' ( sbipmau E-jsy." Should f all three.get, "potted,"' peace would once Tmofe reigci in the pleasant va|ley of the Wairarapa, while society at large would be rid for ever of & moral pestilence. _ I i L^iriA /", ' .-'ilLr -;->'s