ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 20 October 1882, Page 2

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

The Bishop of London lias just admitted two ladies to the order of Deaconesses in the Chapel of the Loudon Dioceian Deaconess Institution at Westboume Park. They will bo engaged in general parochial work. It is understood that there is a very increasing demand among the clergy for the services of these trained Indies,

Hindoo widows are beginning to rebel against the caste excommunication they suffer in the case of re-marriage. A certain number of them are ahout to memorali6e the Queen on the subject* praying for relief against the decrees as they now stand.

Prussia contemplates building a railroad from Rostock, to Sfalsund, a distance of forty-four kilometres, which would secure to her an uninterrupted line along the entire Baltio coast she ut now strengthening with new and imporiaut fortifications. Kiel already has forts in her harbour and four strong works at the entrance to her bay, while the town is being Burrounded in a wide semicircle with a number of detached land fortifi. cations.

Ail inquest was recently held by the coronnr for Southward upon about half a ton of human remains, consisting chiefly of broken akulls, which wore found by some men ensued in laying down gaspipes. Evidence was called to Bhow that the bones had been buried at least 200 voars, and the spot in which they were found must have been a "burial ground. An order was made fur their interment; Cases of desertion and fraudulent enlist* ment in the British army, are said to be on the decrease. This is, no doubt, in some measure attributable to the fact that the majority of the recruits who have ef late years joined the gjrrice have been of a more intelligent class than formerly. A waterspout has broken over the village of Yershetzj. in Hungary, and 44 persons were swept away and lost their lives in the rushing waters. 23 houses were destroyed and a stone bridge was I carried away by the flood. 25 persons who were on the biidge were all drowned most of them basing children. With KBpect to the rapidity with which railways are Constructed in the States, wo learn Irom a American \{iM journal that there were States last year no less than 9358' raflHu new railway. This made a total rail A mileage npen for traffic in the Unity/States up to the end of last year of 104,814 miles. The mileage constructed during the present year up to date will bring the total up to about .110,000 miles. As an instance of the extent to whioh the railway interest is growing in the States, it is recorded that over four million dollars were expended in railway.construction last year, and it should be remembered that all the United States railways are constructed by private companies, and not by the State. Illinois is the State that lias the largest railway' mileage, amounting to 82b! miles. Rhode Island, which ii the smallest State, has the pallest length of railway lines 2|lrnil'w.Y', :. ?, s