BRIDGE ACROSS THE THAMES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 146, 18 June 1878, Page 4

BRIDGE ACROSS THE THAMES

A bridge of such proportions as ' the world has never yet seen" (says an EogHsh paper) is proposed.; by. Sir Joseph Bazalgette for the purpose oi connecting the two banks of the Thames in the vicinity of the Tower, and the. plan has received the approval of , the Metropolitan Board. The operation contemplated by the Board consisted in buildiog up a structure d f steel crossing the Thames in one tremendous span, clearing the water at such an altitude ! that three-fourths of the masted ships | which requ ire to do so will be able .to pass under the elevated roadway without any hindrance, while the remaining fourth will merely have to lower their topmasts, whioh they may well -^afford to do,, as topsails arenot carried 'in* the Thames above Gravesend. Thej case now before us affords a striking ihsttince of the 'great- practical results wfiiebiare apt 1 to folloiv from improved 1 processes in the. arts. Steel, when perfect inj its optnposition, is capable of. bearing a much more severe strain than iron, ahcl ! the improvement which have Ijeen -effected, by Dr Siemens and ,-p.thers in -the manufacture -of ~this~ metal have" rendered it more thoroughly trust? worthy, and have enabled it tp be proiduced ,ht[a moderate cost wiib-iiue&rly -doubleHhe' strength of iron. 'Hence it is how possibleHo construct such a bridge as would have been praciically out of the question a few years ago.

. A writer in the Vanity Fair says : — I think I may assert/ with but :j fear of con fcradicfcidb', ; that the inhabitants of no country in the world are so ; fond of decrying themselves as the English, but no true born Briton can hope to rival his naturalised fellow-countryman of German extraction in the hearty abuse and depreciation of ' everything appertaining to England. One of these latter worthies, a man who landed in this country several years ago without a shilling in his pocket, but who has contrived during' his residence in the country of his adoption to amass a consider-, able fortune, was, with the characteristic gratitude and good .tasje of his kind, decrying British Institutions in ; a room .full of Englishmen, and drawing unfavorable comparisons' between and the Germans. ;| Az for your army,' said be, ' leaving ze insignificance of ■zSirtiumbers out of Izey cannot hold a candle, man for man,jvi^ ze Germans. Our guards are; finer men zan yours, and your Lineiz noveres compared viz ours.' ' I think,* ,said -a young Englishman, : quietly, 'that I could name a iregimentiin "our army, one which you have probably never seen, that is a far finer one in e-yery respect than its correspOndirig-otie in the German army.', « Vat iz it !' shrieked * mein Herr. 'The Horse Marines/ ealinly answered the young Englishman. 'Dat izj|.lie,l'/e?citedly 'yelled the Gerrhan. 'Ihave seen boze yours and ours, and ours iz mosh ze finer of ze two." The Brisbane, correspondent o£the Australasian.writes :— But if mining is dull work in Northern Queenslandjustnow,in Gympie, t ? v S a y,S;7Journey .from- Brisbane,* its results and " old x Gympie," as if is called, is coming to the front in a style thafc seems likely to "take the shineout of ; some, of the boasted fields". ofi the" south., YouTwant facts and figures, 7l suppose for this piece of Queensland " blow," andl shall give; you some. 'Besides > many fairly remunerative crushings of the minor 'character,, Gympie has during. the last month yielded the following :— North Hiltoh, 91 ; tons stone, 860oz. of gold; North Lady Mary, ?(!- ton^ T 441 P z - 5 New ; .Zealand, ,60 tons, l5ooz. ; ; No. 8 Lady Mary, .127 tons, 2290z. -, South New Zealand, 160 tons, 2740z. ; stone raided in three weeks from Phosnix Reef, 3^60z. ; Aureha, 20 .tons, 1730z. ; andfidally f ' ?5 S No ' 6 South Lad y Mary, 9380z of gold. This, on a field where carriage and crushing are choap, provisions nearly as cheap as in Melbourne, and none of.the pecul . drawbacks and dangers of mining in the Northern Queensland, is very satisfactory, and ought to tempt Southern speculatoss to try their luck." , " G00d,., ware makes quick markets " : has often been said truly ; and in no instance is it more remarkable than that of "Ghollah's Geeax Indian Cores." These medicines were introduces into New Zealand but a very short while since acd they have rapidly gained the favor and patronage of the public. They are now eagerly sought by all classes in every part of the colony, and have done an amount of good that would seem incredible were it not for the numerous and trustworthy testimonials given to the proprietor, fron those who have been cured of long-standing diseases by these truly wonderf ul medicines.— Testimonial— Nelson August 15, 1877. Deak Sir, Having suffered for six months from rheumatic gout, I was prevailed on to give your medicine a trial; and after taking three bottles of the Rheu-matic-Mixture, found myself coiiipletely J £?«*? ; I a™, Dear Sir, yours truly, Gso. ■M-« MATS— SON,