TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1122, 12 July 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

- •■[roiCT-sp . THE.ELECTKIO LIGHT.' ... t , I)jJNEpiN," ' The elech'ic light-experiment at"' Bossand Gleniliuing's Wot/lion Hilla, Roslyn, is eminent}y,suece6Bfuli;i. ; -There: are nine, lamps in the main- building and one in the finishing room,, a'nd-.itvis proposed to.ljght the Bmallei',rooms.with Swan's incandesotSnt lanipsi vThiyJanips. liied 1 . aie the '' Jo el, 1 ' and: by one of Siemens 1 ' D;' 2 dy iiaiio' -utaohihes driven from the rnsm slyift. ~FiVe horse power i^tequired-for thei^n:lamps/ianilhe machine is drivenVaKt'lio:.: rate,-riof 820 revolutions a minute;: .The JjghUhas no giare, is. steady and mild, and casts no deep/shadows.- . An:'eHimi«e of; its /cost this; to- be less than .one-seventh tho current rates in : Dutiedin, and it i|fl(iloulaiei thatthe -saving effected will, in six months, pay:the entire cost of the plant;. . : ; HpklTIKAf JUly-11;. ' jA here this even.ing.to consider .the.: advisability of • introducing -tlie ilectrjc lighti, '" 'An .influential poixiini'tiee.vwas'ap'polnted to naqevtrin.the\Q9st. and aillijformation con-, nected witli the undertaking," " ""'

. STANMORE-ELEGTIi&N.. ... • „. . . :- . ' Ihere was great,:jiciteni}.en.t. over the 6l6ction. to*day,;-iijd', vehicles of every description-were flying about;in hut haste. The result was not declared fill 8 o'clock, when it was found that Mr Pilliet was in by a svbstantial majority.'. The numbers were:— ; : v.i.:;.-,.;.

:.. Pilliet;.,';469 ' . Richardson 345 ' " LATEST FROM FIJI. ". AudKLAKii^this day, ' Fiji news per-.Taiavoa"states- that a deposit of mineral oil has beeiv discovered at Vanua, , .■ Advices from the Duke Of'fdrk Island state,that a trader named karlin, maddened by drink, threatened to Shoot the crew-of the cntiei-Loelitfi-and-kept-them initerror some time. Ai length the master uf.the Loelia,.William Stephen.'fired his 'ifle towards Martin, wlio got 'into hisboat and was puisuing,Stephen, \fheiher Iho shot took effect does not transpire,' hut Martin fell off the boat and sank, .His body was not-recovered.- -