Discovery at Natural Gas.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3088, 24 December 1888, Page 2

Discovery at Natural Gas.

Referring to cjie recent discovery of natuial gas in New |3opt|i WftleSi the Sydney Daily Telegiapli says . " As is genoialjy the case, the gas was found by accident, Nearly five jeaisago Mr John Cogblan ooinmenccd to bore for coal in the neighborhood of Nanabeen, After boring for two or thioe yearß,piobing 1556 ft down and finding no tiace of coal, the mmeis observed an inflammable vapour exhaling fioin the side of Ih&bpre, Mistaking it for what is known as marsh gap, % product which by itself has no oomntei'oial value aud is frequently encountered m wells and mines all the world over, and never dreaming of the existenco in Australia of natiuaf gas that might take the phce of light and fuel/ they paid no attention to it, andpipceeded

to rook. <, At of tubiDg down, 1 the vapor iu volume and intensity.' Then Vrt * V ' N ' Coghlau began seriously to its tinturd, and having no knowledmjy ' of the valuable gaies • engendered iP*"" nature's own laboratoiy in other parts of the world, he invited Dr Storer, a v scientific chemist, add Mr Keg, 1 a < mining engineer, to inspe'cUhe'bore! Sbeso gentlemen visited tbejcene of -' opeiations several months ago.opined that the gas "was similar to that dis cmeied ac Pittsburg, and sobse* quently analysing some wlnoh they cnned away m a bottle, stated definitely'tliat the product was in all* respects identical with the Amencaii natmalgas. Aftor nearly f»o years t work, the patient eneigy of the pios- ji pectors for coal on the shores of ™ Nauabeen was rewarded by the disco\eiy of something they never dieamed of looking foi, something which they did not even know when they saw it, The bore they piit down measured three inches m diameter, and the gas issued through it in spite of a piessuro of water equal to eigh|| bundled pouuds to the square mcl™ Until now nothing has been said publicly about the oiicumstance. Now it is proposed to float the well into a company, but whether the shares mil be issued immediately is doubtful. Probably the coucern will *' be put on the market at the beginning j of the year. If the well proves rioh'" m N gas, pipes will bo laid jrom Nauabeeu to the city, and the natural <- produot retioulated when mixed with coal gas to the dwelhngs for lighting, and unadulteiated to the faotonea and woikahops for fuel. Meanwhile tbo ''■ few workmen employed at the well are boiling their billies and grilling 'y their steaks on the gas tint flows up -j o\ei the surface from hundreds of s feet beneath them, and at night they are illuminating their huts and tents with the same arcadian product. w, •

'%er By-a Salmon.

•', To play a'vigorbus salmon is most ''%:. piedsaut sport; to bo played by ■ono- %?i hardly so.; : Yet it "dow sometimes, - v ,happen; that a- salmon wliiohbas: '"'^' ; boon foul-hooked drags'the angler ,;, '■■'; whero he would hot willingly go.. A; ;■'' '■■!'.. caae.iu point ianieiitidned in the:; '\-'. ,; Field by a covrespondeiit.who appears' ;■ to havo been fishing in. Norway Wf,''-' " A fish cauie.up as the fly swung . •■'■' into the streamy bright flash through ; the clear water, a beautiful head and .'■•.' tail rise, Counting. my usual: one,' '.:' two, Ipulled. You are apt to be too '■"[ .' quick in a clear water when ybu.caii' ','■- see the fish coming; "but this timel ■ •'■■■.', was. too slow, I do :riot; think; the ■'•■'■■' fish meant opening: his-mouth tov ;: take the fly, but he must have .turned ■ :'. 'J it over;' for both the;Jittle'hooks; stuck firmly in'his ndok.oleaviug;'. '■%: every..fin free, and : 'upt; V with; bis: respiratipfc'/,,ifowii fore, hebegah' tojplayCme £&!>$»?! ■ • found out.: I'cduld .not'; imderstand'). ' : it. ;Hedidriot'play^r:iplikß^ii|.; very heavy fish'' (nor^as'4ie-|ojuY(^ ; 211bs); but he tore'rdundaiid round ■:' tho pool like; amadman^The'trouble .•, > I had, even by running keep %' ■; a taut line sobn; told mponiipy v strength;/:The fish wasklling me as [■\:'\- fast as he bould; and •aft»r'aii\hour •' of tbis gamel was fairly'"pumpbd.; '.;■-■ But lira favorite fly and a.partiou."'; larly good cast-with both of' Which ■ '"'" [.was loth to part-rl think I should- • have broken him. •' The pool spread into a broad rapid, .dividing, as jt;',;;' neara the ford, into several branolids;' : ■ so that, after. crosßitig sundry small ; branches yon find yourself on an' island, Itold Hansen, l.wes goings to risk it tirid'take the I J . killed a fish of 28|lb'by doing so, and.why hot this one? He shook; '. liis head, but unbuckled my belt and ,£ took my gaff. After all it was" the ;'■' 4 fislvthat was going to take irie> down' \ not I him, How my old legs had to/-.-.: go, still keeping the rod up II do not:%' know how I managed to got over a, place wherea part of the river breaki away over boulders that I would not' / face in cold blood, or how 1 managed the. high alder bushes, through the'.% ■•' tops of which tho line cut; or how,'/' after fording another branch, I ran .' ■■•' over a stretch of small rounder boulders, the river taking a sliarp " oirole to the right and coming".round . again. 1 managed this by'letting the fish havo ninety yardsofline,. -..'. and, as ho came round, winding npi like" steam; it was very hazardous, •;. But my spirit was up!- •He had not" ■ killed me yet, I was on mi island,; and a deep creek separated me from ' the shore. Giving my rotoh to old !'. Hansen, I waded in and prepared,, if necessary, to swim over. But Han-:'; V sen had sent for a boat, which two'. " men mm towing up to my.aid. Inch- = by inch the fiah dropped down, . ' my winch warned mo that 100 yards ■\/k was out. Then caino the boat. Now ' W"' it is no easy thing for a stout, niidllo. agtd mail to get into a Norwegian or. any boat when it is slandiug in the,' water, and especially'if he lias's' strong fish pulling hard at the end of a long line; but I didgetin somehow. • In sitting down I missed the seat,.and really did turn up my toos, for. I. was down in the stern sheets andmy ; lags in tho air. Soon righting, 1 the.: bittle was renewed. And now it was ' only a question of time and endur-- - auce, x Wo Bteered pasta large sunken';-. • rook, on which the boat bumped and'' nearly over-turned Then Handed ■';•'" and played the fish another ..two'.-. hours. Ihad a nice stone to sit on, • and my friend W. sent me a sandwich and aglassof ale fort had had no breakfast, and itwas half past twelve. • The tide began to make, and the poor fish wanted to go up again, This I could not allow. Taking the ;boat' again we had a smart tussle: but I;' ■ got him down into the ford, and'' landed on the other side, and. after a . gallant resistance at last Hansen got 9 the gaff into lriin; bat so full of run- ! - uing was he, even then, that he was off tho gaff in a twinkling, and. required two men .to hold him for the", blow W|tV')»y : loaded'gaff'handle;■'Time hooked'B ( Bo'a,m,.i Itil'led i; 25 p.m.; weight 211^8-afrosliri!nfis|j : ;' Cakes for Afternoon tea,, .-

Jf >oji want «orao particularly nice cakes for afternoon toa, try \h fo). lowing—Tajte equal of eggs., powuored wjijto sugar, butter, ana flour, to which/jou sbpuld add "apmcji of ealt, tyaj the butter to apream before tlio firp, and thep in tbo sugar, add the eggs one a.t a time, and beat the whole until it js quite hght; stir in the flour (in wbioh - you must not forget to put the pinch of salt), and when thoroughly njixcd* spiead out on a flat buttered tin, and put in at once into a moderate oven. It will be baked in a quarter of an, hour. Take it out and cut it in half, Then spiead on one side some apricot or pineapple jam; tho other half eiiould'W'pufc on. sandwich" fashion. Finally, the top'must'biVe ,, afeoa|; of iomg, made as follows,—WorkMlf a pound of icing sugar smooth on a plate flith'a knife; add the white of an egg and beat until quite mixed, It

v ' sliould be quito" stiff, but it can easily be flattenod on, the cake by dipping n. „ clean kmle into perfectly cold w.itoi', and pasflinc the'blade ovor tho sugar; »' few drops of - coobineal - may bii dedif you like the look of pink cakos. When tho icing is made spread it over tho cake, wiiicli is then to bo out into small diamond shapuo BBudwichea—Madge, in Truth.