General News

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4544, 28 July 1883, Page 2

General News

At Swan Beach, near JBAuatdil*, Vie*!* toria, the other day, a large «agl» mi ' obserred paying hia vtteotlaa^to >a«1«i lambi, but the eye., with tree 'mIStT instinet^penned their offaprit f » f and fought the marauder off. BeTar ioMe~ cessful iq his attack, the king of the air retired to a tree to recoup hia Mhjvuated strength, but seemg n a cat in J an adjacent yard, he made a «woop on poor pww,but B?« n he fi»nd afoemanw^wmSnok yield without a figh£. The eat struggled nu T y iWlth her-farthered oomUtant, and althou R hi greatly lacerated, suoeeeded in petting from it« • olutehes: ETentuaUy tfae bird was shot.' »' . . , ,^J un»nswered problem act bj the Melbourne Gas Company to ita eouumew. If lt takes 100 ft. of gas awkt hours and five m i nn to ß to meter at one time, wh r ataMiWr .Kid ' ittake 16 honra and £> minutes fr AnSu again, if on one evening three burnera will consume 50ft. of gas in fouraovrf why on the next should they burn 50ft* fo,etS hth.ourß' l The apparatus, can't liej j 7 t Me "no leak "I^heww the piper! and the meter has be& imported by tho Gas Company, and duly tested by thl town-hallaotborities. J,*^ When a man has no mind of hit own he gn always find a woman who will aim Jjnpi a piece of hew. "

Th© iabilee of Congregationalism in Victoria will be celebrated in the year 1888. ' .Over £7,000 has been subscribed towafds a fond to free from debt, by that tine, all the ConKresjational churches, for which end £30,000 if* required.: Mr F.T. 6»r|{ood bM promised a contribution equal to 10 per cent, otf all the money collected. When a band of roughs mode an attack upon the Salvation Army in the Sydney Domain and attempted to wrest the army banner from the standard bearer, one of tbt) ladieß of the army Tolunteered to take charge of the banner. She then dared the roughs to interfere with her, and marched triumphantly away with the colors. , \ A n«w rope *nade from the crystallised fibres of asbestos has been perfected, having ia ; diameter of en inch and a. half, . and a;breaking strength of one ton. It is , reported to hava been made especially for firareaeap* purposes, fire brigades, «d for other means of escape from nrc. Asbestot; as is well known, is unaffected by heat,l«|§ ji'rope composed of such a material -will prdte of great adraatage. G. A. iQMi fin a recent periodical, rakes lip •ometbiOß fresh about " Uncle Tom's Cabin." !<W, hen Mr and Mrs Stowe took it to the publisher, they, only asked £10 for it, bntnb'e would not giVe that. So they arranged to get 10 per cent, of the proceed* of Fales. Wnen the the pubgave them the first cheque of they did not know what to do with "t?7 neither of ihern baring ever seen a cheque. Not long after there came another cheque of £2000. By that time the gloss pfthe.ir,ignorance was worn off.