ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1499, 3 October 1883, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

Mr John Jones, who died last year, bequeathed to the South Kensington Museum what .is called tho noblest donation ever made by a private individual to any ..count|y in the world's history, Its chief wealth is in Sivres furniture and ormolu-work of tho Louis Qnatorze and Quinze. Mr Jones was originally a tailor. '.King Alfonso of Spain has decided on spending a fortnight in Paris in September, proceeding .thence to. England to express -his' aokiiowledgements to Her Majesty for her conferment upon hiih of the Order of the Garter. After: a .brief sbjQiipa ;in ■: London the King of Spain will visi'; King Leopold of the Belgians, attend, the Autumn Manoeuvrea irv 'Germany, and return to Madrid by way of 'Vienna and Paris. ' A warning to iron shipbuilders-has been issued from stating that the Committee of that Society had had their attention drawn to the fact that iron of an'iriferior quality, such as:has been condemned by its surveyors had been supplied 'for shipbuilding purposes. The secretary; intimates that unless an iniprpvehient'* be effected in the.quality of iron supplied for ships built for classification at Lloyd's, the ..C.)mmitteß..may.'.feei.compelled to institute mora rigid -tests. Advices from the West Coast of Africa state that a native trial on a large scale was recently Tyamah, Mendi country, conS&lng a hundred people charged with cannibalism, the native belief being that these people transformed themselves in;o leopards or tigers by evil fetish or gregre, or covered their bodies with skins, and; preyed on unsuspected travellers and tiaders to the towns. All the kings and chiefs of the adjacent countries are, present at,this solemn palaver, which is expected to last about four weeks. There is no doubt that cannibalism is still secretly carried on, and murders committed to satisfy ,this liorrible craving. The native punishment for this crime is rdasting alive. An amusing incident has occurred at Southampton Police Court, One of the magistrates called attention to a dog that had taken its seat upon the bench to have it removed before the business commenced. The superirtten. dent replied that; as tho dog belonged to one of the magistrates, he did not think he had anything to do with it, It turned out that the dog was the property of the Chairman, who directed the business to proceed, when the objector left the court in high dudgeon, saying that he would not sit there with a dog occupying a seat on the bench as a magistrate. '! he Mormons at Salt. Lake City erected, presumably without tho !ielp of any European, professional arch'.icct,. a "tabernacle" capable of seating 12,000 persons—about 7000 in the body and 5000 in the gallery. The whole congregation of 12,000 persons can get out' in one minute.and a quarter. For the body of the hall there are 20 double doors, each 9ft wide,: opening outwards. Through each of these six persons can walk abreast, giving a total of 120 persons abreast at one timo ; 58 such rows would give 6960 persons in a procession 30 yards long, which, moving at the rate of one mile an hour would take just one minute to get through the doors. The floor space, 180 ft for 7000 persons, gives Ift for each 39..