ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1335, 24 March 1883, Page 4

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Onr Ohiaeso friend* (writes "-fflglea" in the Atutralasian) haya their owtt views, aboutmatrimony,;- -Thoy thinVMinW they aro not singular, that a.wbmari may'be too much married. Horo is' an Interesting advertisomont fi om a Uipps Land journal ii r-paulion': I, Thomas Sing,: of Sale, cook, oertify that I am lawfully married.to.my' Mt, Sarah Sing, Any person marrying her, after this date will bo proseonted;*Thomas Sing, 6th Fobruary, .lbW-Aa./to'the post Mr Sing gracefully waives the point,-: but "after tbwdato" let. toe who'marry Aire Sintr take the cousequenceSr • l ' '

of,the,,-floods.-inGermany, (tie* Home News says :4" A - general subsidence ot,-tha waters of the Rhine and its affluoftts into their ordinary channels has not been FoUowed by the immediate relief of the riparian inhabitants who were driven from their homes by the' recent floods,:: On all sides the torrents have work* drain and devastation on the lands and lionets of the -farmers, who, but for the prompt assistance afforded them ,by their, neighbors, would, have been cly saved .from drowning to .perish hy starvation. The Emperor has,contribmed a sum of six hundred vhons'md marks .towards the fund/or their sustenance, nid throughout Germany-subscriptions are bcirgvaisfdou their behalf also. In Bungaiy, the. effects of the' rain havo 1 been hardly •ess terrible, •In the townotßasbtho water rose to a height, of 10 feet, and it was only by the most desperate exertions ;that the ; jves of the iulnbitants were saved. To mid •(> their misery,-' when the., flood was at its worst,,a. severe frost set'informing athiok :«ust of ice, which greatly impeded the woik of the steamers employed in• rescuihi' the people. It is ostinnted'llnt Li--'.he dis" trict of Bnab 400 h macs have been de> ■nolishc'dj' aua that 10,000 people are left ! homeless."

A correspondent of the Hike's !| He a d s.y that Mr J' D. Oruion'd is't.i only mail who could get and; keep' a majority nPaHiamootagaitiattLepreaent Ministors, and sucgea's that one of the, Hawke's Bay members should resign to «ive him aseat.

A curious onee of a dog bemg a witness in court la reported from New York.- .An •tc'tor liHviti-i lost his dog, and aftervrnrds' found him, on his claim being disputed, applied to Justice Smith ; for redress, saying that the dog would prove himself 'o whom he belonged; whereupon he made him go through various' petformsnees, dancing, Ac, and finally wound up by bowing to the court, when the judge stated that no further evidence was necessary, and awarded the dog to the aotor.

The Mataura Ensign mentions, as a comical, incident in connection with the railway aervice, thataladywho found herself going on to Invorcargill from Gore, instead of by the Waimea line, was more ucky than most people who mistake their nam. In answer to her entreaties the guard stopped the train, allowed her and her children to dismount, bundled herluaaage out of ; the van, and then pro (Seeded Invercargillward. The lady went in an opposite, direction, and, meeting iwo Hi tie buys, asked them to ron ahead and stop the Waimea train, which was on the point of departure. ; The boys did so, and the train slopped until the party I'i'ived, and were with their luggage deposited in their proper quarters.

TeHira To Tuiri, who for so many years resisted the coming of Europeans to Ohinemuri and the Upper Thames, is now living at Piako. He is very old and feeble.

_ Mr Watney, M.P, for East Surrey isnov on a visit to' New Zealand, an* •vili stay for some time at Rot<rui Mr Watney is travelling in the colonj to recruit his health.

The good people of Calvi, in Corsica, have quite made up their mind that their town gave birth to Christopher Columbus,-and are about to erect a monument in honor of the great discoverer of the IS'ew World. ■

The London Spectator, which professes to be in the very foremost tiles of the time, still labors under the delusion that Central Australia is unhabitable. Have all the labors of our explorers been in vain ?

Uneof the SyclnerDemain preachers one Sunday afternoon lately, expressed his intention before long of getting into Paiiiment and putting a stop to the present stato of things. He informed his congregation that the amount of drinking that went on there was a disgrace to the Legislature of the country, and proceeded to speak about a certain member who, ho stated, came drunk into the House, tumbled down on the floor, and had to be shovelled under the seats, so that he would not be seen by the Speaker.

The Decanville system of light rail, ways, or tramway, for passenger or goods traffic, has been brought under the notice of of the Minister of Works in New South Wales by, Mr Clement Van Der Velde, representative in Australia of the patentee. Mr Van Der Velde explained that the system, wis admirably adapted for the purpose'; of opening up the country, and acting ;as feeders to the main lines. The guage h only 24in. Over a flat country several miles of line could be laid down in a short space of time at a comparatively trifling cost, not exceeding £SOO or £6OO per mile. The Minister (Mr Copeland) expressed himself interested in the explanation given by Mr Van Der Velde and promised to give the matter his careful consideration.

A company at Elk Rapids, Mich., which manufactures 50 tons of charcoal iron a day, formerly allowed the smoke made in burning the coal to go to waste, Now the smoke as it is formed is delivered into stills charged with lime and surrounded : by cold water, the result of condensation being, first, acetate of lime; second, alcohol; third, tar; the fourth part produces gas, which is consumed under the boilea A,thousand cords of wood are converted into • charcoal daily yielding 2,800,000 cubic feet of smoke from which are obtained,; 12,0001b; of acetate of lime, 200 galtons of alcohol, and 251b of tar. The alcohol-has been contracted to a firm in Buffalo,-N.Y., the Trade Review says for s>years they have.been furnishing the packages and receiving it at the works at 80 : cents per gallon. The gases usually wasted when iron is produced with stone coal or coke are now in some European establishments made to give up the tar ammonia, •■&,: which the) contain! Engineering reports that at the Gatsherrio works without disturbing the / smelting "' process and without jmaterially lessening the value of the.gases.for healing 'boilers and, similar' \voi£\ ""% similar proceed has : lately ..been .in-, traduced in the coke' trade of South Durham and at isome'of'the- coking' collieries of Prance, "the waste gases; being used in the -production of comapiiorcial ammonk ;•;. ■ :,;':•>>■*'