AN ELECTRIC RAILWAY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 838, 5 August 1881, Page 2

AN ELECTRIC RAILWAY.

v- liio following telegram appeared ih the ''-■ London Daily Ijte.ws/.of May 11, dated . Berlin, Thursday' night, May 12 ; "Messrs Siemsns and Halske, the, wellknown elictrioians, invited the members of the municipality and the Press, to take v

part in the trial 'of their new' electrio iailway, which runsbetweeA' Lichetfelde a'nfl the Cadettenhaus, about six miles; from ■ Berlin, The atrial most successful, andevery praise must be given tothefirin,' which has not only had to work out :the most' difficult of-, scientific=problems, but also to contend with wliat German effioialism thinks fit to exercise on such undertakings. ;. The: trial made to-day wasin a simple tram-car, with an electric battery totally concealed between the wtyels, iii through the rails if ran oti, with 'the principal battery, at the station', The rails are Bft Biu apart, arid exactly resemble those of an ordinary railroad.'' only the' gauge 'being, narrower, .The greatest speed we obtained to-day on a distance of about - one and a half mile was 18 English milos an hour. Dr Siemens has proved that if necessary a far greater speed could be obtained, but this is not allowed by the German police authorities. ; The fact is that the officials here hardly know.how to deal with this wondrous invention, They seem afraid •of ic, They don't lmqw.whetuer to placeit under the Tramways or' Railways Act. However, for the present, they choose to 'c'onsiderjit, as our Atlantic; cousins would' say, a simple horse car, and for public useit will not be allowed to proceed ■at more* jmore than nine miles an hour. The rail- • !way will be opened to the public on Mon-, day next." '■;■■:'" - :'

'; It is seldom thati man wants to he an' angel until he has failed at every tiling,else.' ' '.'.';'' ,: .".'' ,'. V} A farmer's accomplished daughter, 1 just home from boarding-school, where shehad learned Prenph, called the hay grass ala mowed, • .'.'" ' : . ; TljejreeLancein at} ptjele qnSirCf,., Qrey's I#oa) Government gill says with reference to the proposal that % courts, should have the. control of volunteers Thus each president will have a small standing army of Volunteers, and may ■ wage war against any neighbouring pres'tr ■ dent wI)Q #8 his bjlg, jn'vad> aqd. annex his territory, make captives of his sqbjqqts', }evy indemnity, and revel in &\\ the pride, pomp, and ciyoumstan.ee of glorious war, By and by wo shall have'new qrtjers qf valor, the Cross of St George, St Maoan. drew, St -Oi'inond, St Speight or St John "King; baronial estates, ami a now age of chivalry, wp shall emulate .the Bplen. , dours of the little Greek States, 'the ancient Britons, Phin M'Cool, and the Kil-

kenny Cats. Then New Zealand will have reached that ideal state of blissful perfection which Sir George Grey has so eloquently depicted at public meet- ', iilgP. ".. "./"' I An Auckland contemporary says l-«/ There's a legeijd that'in a certain ancient state any man who introduced a. now lay? was obliged to do s& wifti ftiiatter.roumj his neck, and if his measure were rejec- ,v----ted he was forthwith hanged. Wo miglit take a wrinkle from the ancients, with all our boasted civilizdtio'ri and' enhghtment'. T6 hang ljalf fhe mqraheijs (jf {he house'of •Eflpl'esentatives 'would be the <jt the/country, know one old'sinner ! ' .who ought to have beta sumrnarily strung up years ago. When iycurgus had formed a Constitution for the Spartans, he made them solemnly' swear that they . wpul(|njalp nq pljanga in his laws }ij{ ho' \ came-back; and then lie }% Snaijtaana • was never more heard of. If Sir Grqy fyad fqjlqwtjt} the lj'erqie e'xarrjpfia.'q| / Lyoqrgqs h.|s 1 auje migl|t l]aye gone down. ''Virion, a-'p sq 4ear tq l|im, aqd '■'■ fqr al] time," like that of the immortal S,par|p giver, ' ■ ". ■ --..- ■

„. All amusing incident says a Home, paper, occurred in the House of Commons the other night. Mr Gladstone on rising was'received with loud shouts, of •It was .ne.ce.ssar.y, t)c.cqr.djqg tq \\}sv.n\k, of the Hoqse, tq rauie'tha ques,tiqu whilst seated with his hat Qq. Tips fas, pgi gested tq tq him. a. proposal whiol) 1)9 declined, because he was not in the habit •of jbringing hjs-'jiat with him into the House; The' 1 clamour continuing, the Solicitor-General, who was sitting near to the right 'hoh. gentleman, 'took'off'liU hat and placed it on the head of the

Premier, Thjs procedure was Med with lout] laughter and prolonged cheering frota all■ pirjs qflthe'House,' w.hiou wis

ijnd cqijtinqed when |t was disodV9i'Q(| tl]a( the \\b\'ws several toq siqall,': aqd jf was Qflfy'lff "gjaoj dexteiity that the Bremiei wa.s, ((bla tq balance jt over his brows, This he auot ceoded in doing whilst he raised his point of order. ; -.. There has just diod a lady whose, namo was often enough in men's mouths during the, course of the • Crimean war.

The name was Seaoolo, aqd tl|e history of its owner was singular qnqugli! ShewasyCteoWbj ceiyed an' education in' her yontli which' developetj her ruling passion^—a ctesire to nurse tlj'qsjqk.: '%(> .Orjijjeaq' war l gMs her the qpportqnity, aqd wl)eq |l)'e cam ; paigq was qver tljere weremaqy tq testify to her i)qhle splfideyotion. at) 4 uqwearied. aqd care. Amateur i)u'r«lqg has since taken its plaoa. amongst other illus. trationsof fashion patronising duty; but -Mrs Seacole herself carried the wounded

off the field of battle, and when ctalera ... made its appearance in the camp before s Sebastopol, took charge of one of the 1 ' wpk She had other work to do than to be. interesting in & qqstume. It was found whoh the ! -peace l ' came 1 tya'tl P? health Wasbrokoh d6w«, aiid'anf fortunV she had was Utterly'dissipated.- 'But such claims on public recognition could not be overlooked, Wjiny military men the' Qo'inmander-in,Qheief,' intere§Wa themselves in ! a furidj oh.the ifa'terdst 1 of Which'slieiai. been able to end liei; days in comfort,^ - "Home '"'' '.'■' ,: ' :'

. AFaot Worti{ l(HowiNO.-In these times of retrenchment and enforced economy, both publib and private, it is consolatory to know that the;"wind is generally tempered to the shorn lamb," and that th. ra are few misfortunes without compensating'advan ? tages. With money in loss abundance ifs. purchasing poper jg igreater—a; poqncl 'tbf , will go'as fotr as {birty'shiHings to the'etyof ' prospetjty, Aa a praoi of this, tt p leaders «| this paragraph need, only • pay »tisit to the - large sale of surplus stook at Jaw Smith'j, T'e4roirow«,WelUngton.:A'veryfulland . elaborate' catalogue' of thematiy large reduc. tions made in the prices of general, drapery/ and-, clothing is enclosed with (July; 2nd) issue, and merits a oareful . perusal on -j jthe'j part^bf;.allf;.station-; \ 'S holders, ho'telkeeperej heads of families,'"'' and country residents'jjepgra.lly,' ;SsK>ia] opportunities, like the one at present' nbdiiw consideration, occut but'sejdoin; jratl itr'jp therefore of importance that the dullest &a> vantage should be taken of it at the earliest. , period. •' Te Aro House has always stood well with the pnblio as to the undoubted ' :■ * • "■' -': ■'- ''.".■'• ■" '''•;!■ '.'' ■■".'.

d3X5 ,to a * mtißed P ri «° B . «A »>o ™»country residents have a lively '£S !< \ rf th 6 Wiitathey .Boouredmthepast Equal, if not superior Jdvnteg Marellwl)ei ng "offered. U g R ?',* lW ni discounts can bo allowed during the sale. As an additional at- '■ '■ST? , I . fto ss, ° wi » include a special • to each purchaser of £3 worth ana upwards of a beautiful chromolithogwphio pmm r8) moimted on tbe begt whito V cardboard size 24 inches by 18 inches. : time should therefore be lost in paying j •..■)» wry early visit to the surplus stock sale : |( Bt James Smith's To Aro House, Wei-. I I'.;; mgton.-.fADv r .]