ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1498, 2 October 1883, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

An outline of the temple at Jerusalem, traced on glass, has been found in the catacombs at Borne,

The Governor of Algeria has issued an order prohibiting the übubl pilgrimage to Meca this year on account :of cholera in Egypt. The Italian Goverment refuse* to allow the importation of any patent medicine unless sanctioned in buuik properly authorised pharmacopeia. The Emperor of ltußsia bus profited to Lurd Wolsoley amagnficeut gold snuff. box, Btudded with diamonds, and worth The turnpike tull of Scotland are abolished and henceforth the roads will be maintained in Counties by an equal tax on landlord and tenant.

The new palace car of the Prince of Wales can be lighted by electricity or caudles, coiitaiim a dressing room and bath, a Baloon and two bedrooms, the Prince's being hung with old gold silk, with furniture to match.

The number of workmen at present employed in Krupp's Bast-Steel works, at Essen, is 19,605. Inolusive of their families, that number of workmen represent a total of 65,381 souls, among whom there are 13,083 school-going children. Two young ladies at St. Joseph, Mich., took nearly half an ounce of arsenic for the purpose of beautifying their complexions. Miss Emma Sanger was saved by the physicians, but Miss Mary Duncan lost her life. One of the sights of Rio Janiero is a very dark negro who goes abroad in a dog-cart driven by a white dandy. The driver is : a cockney, imported from London expressly to mark the wealth, fashion, and importance of his sable master.

The Williamsons in "Struck Oil" have again fetched the Melbourne people in a wonderful way. The first seven performances realised' £1,737, the takings at each ranging from £205 to £370. This is the largest Dimness ever done in : Australia. The piece is running to good houses at latest advices.