The death is announced of Sir Charles Wyville Thomson, aged 52. It is proposed to light up the greater part of the Suez Canal by electricity, with the twofold object, first of enabling dredging operations to be carried on at night instead of during the day, and next, in order that vessels may pass through at all hours instead of blocking up the passage and anchoring, as hitherto.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1061, 15 April 1882, Page 4
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68Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1061, 15 April 1882, Page 4
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