WE ELECTRIC LIU11T AND TUB INSURANCE GOMl'AXILS,

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1609, 26 October 1882, Page 4

WE ELECTRIC LIUIIT AND TUB INSURANCE GOMI'AXILS,

Tin; following intciesting particulars arc TXli acted fioiu the Unto/i Mat! oi. September :— The iule& diawn up by the Committee of the Society of Telegiapli Enginecia ami Hlootriotaus for the gni dance of tho nisiiKince companies in regard to electiic illumination aie now punted 111 plmnplot form, and aio to be obtained .it tho oJtioos of the t-oeicty, No. 4, The Scanctuary, Westminister Tho difficulties tb.it * lit sot tho clectucal engineer depend, as is pointed out, chieil t y on leakage, undue lesistance, to the eonducter and load joints, which lead to waste oi eneigy, and, what U ipoic seiions still, to the production ot heat. Unfot tunatoly, leakage, x\liich m the pro-ence ot moisture means not ineiely ■waste but the destruction of the conductor aud its insulating covering, is not to be discovered, as it is in the case of gas, by the smell. On the other hand, it can be detected with ceitainty by apparatus, the skilful u»c of which is easily acquired. Frequent testing of the -\\iies is theu'feie strongly inculcated. Undue resistance i& effectually guanled by fuses enclosed in combustible ca.->es. Thobo fuse 3, whicli arc regarded as the "very oosonceoF safet-y," aio simply inscitions in the mam en cuit ot a piece of metal, of a kind which would melt if tho eurient attained any undue magnitude, and thus instautly put an end to the ciicuit. There are many niiuoi, but btill nupoi taut, lcgulations with rcgaid to wiiea ; lor uxample, baio \\iie-> o\er tiio tops of house*, should, we aie told, be always at least fccven feet elrar ot the loot ; indouis they bhould be elheiently insulated, and out-of-doois they sliould ic&t on iiioiilating supports. In passing through ioofs, •walls, and paititions, or u here tliey cioss or aie liable to touch metallic masses, they requite additional anciinjj. ■Neglect of this lattei precaution .scorns to liavcbcen the cause of serious flics in Philadelphia, recently mentioned in our columns in notmc; an oflieiat lepoit on tins subject. Aie l,uii]).s, m Inch aie apt to diop UKiiudc^c.oiifc pieces of ciibon, aie to ho piotectod as dnected; and inside buildings it ii eoiwdcied essential bo to uitaugo coiiduclois and fittings tiiat no one can lie exposed to the shocks of alternating cm tents exceeding a eeit.un magnitude. Tho 1 emulations) a(>o give diu'rtums for the fixing and vife cuardiug of the (\) namo m icbincv. Afrer all, as the icpoit ob-,(>i ve 1 -, the chief element ot sakty is the appointment of skilled and expetienu'd eleetiicians to &upei\isc the woilv.

(ihOKM. J. Jlalvoko, En^li^U iiiitlior, ami piomotci of <.o-opuati\e societies, is on a \iMt to the United States. Tin: Bishop of l'eteiboiou^h met (it dinner tlie otlicv dly a licli, benevolent, Init s>otnc\\ h\l l>iainle->& million iiie, who boasted that he «ay c away C'JOOO to the pool- o\eiy yuir He si id • ' I tlnnk it's, ii\;ht, know , a >oit of <luiy m my position. I can't, vay v. hat boeomes of it. )>jik il\ i^i von n\ay in ehaiity • that's all I know, and tluit'i all I t.-uc — al)out £2000 <'\ el y j cMi." " What ' ' said tiie bishop, " ilo on l cully mean to say you pay away WOOD to tlic poor every year at. a lclii^ious dut> '" J iissiuc you, my loid, tluit is so,"' replied the wealthy w.in, with e.ueles-seomplaeemiy. "Well,"' Kiid. the w itty bishop, " that's tlie largest iiimirain'o aq'ii'ist lire I o\or hoard of." l''no\i thciotui ii-, mndi- to tlic ln^pcchn Ocnoial ol the l!'t\:il lu^li I'on^tabnlarx, it appears tli.it diuuii; the montli of .lnl> a <.'i'O',f tot-il ot '.V2\ families, ronsistniy of l.lilO person-, have been c\ ieted. of ■uhom l(»l f.umlis. munbeiing S.~>l person- 1 , or u<a\ly one half, ha\e been icadmitteil either as tenants or as caietakei->. 'I'lie outinge-. shov.' a total of "231, including 111 cases of tlncatoninji letteis and notices. The list of persons aiTo-itecl under the Vroteetion of Persons and Piopeity Act, I.SSI, shows th.it 170 people aie at the picseiittime detained in piisou udei tlie act. Tin. li/'/i'iii Ihih/ y,ii'i is firmly perMiadcil tliat dauL'ei to the Kngh&hpowr in Tndia is to appiehonded fiom a fellowfeelini; w liich it exi^ti, between Indian Mahomed ins and their co-rcliirionit,tss in 35i?yptaiMl Tvnkuy. In w late issue we lead :—"lTcic,: — "ITcic, in India, the* loveininent hlionld at once abandon its attitude of optimiaui, and look at beiious mattei.s fcciioiibly. invents aio near -which a\ ill shake the Mahomedan A\orld to it& centre, M'hich w ill awake and stipnybhen iaiLiticipin, vliieh will stir all Moblcni coinnnuntius, and all Moblciu tiibcs to then hearts. The (Tovemment of India should then set its hou^c in oi der, and prepare for all eventualities. It should restore the disbanded legiments, and form ne\v ones. It .should enlist all classes of recruit'!, except Mahometans, and should steadily prepare for a groat war. Its preparations will not have been in vain, even if the difficulty disappear, ' > for power of tin's sort is never wasted ; Wlien not exercised, it acts as a warnwg." Groat changes are taking place in Auckftml, now Imimiu-'s ])!< misis o( v.irious kinds, ,uc rapidly impio/ing Iho .ippcdi.mro of (ho city; firms .u c extending the r promises, .md (he keen competitive spirit of the Old Country is now appire lit amongst the city liadesmen ; the ■wholesale w.nchouscmcn, ironmonijcis, and brinks, .ii<> c\tcndin<; Ihon boundaries ; nnrl not flic least ini|i(irl>int .imo.iffst the lornl indiisln cst.iblisliments is fho rrrii|)lolion ofilirge rnnrrote building three storejs hi^h, ,f> feet long, 'and 60 wide, erected in Lome-street, as u cabinet factoiy for Messrs, G. u lick and C ran well, wlio have erected machinery with the latest impro\cmeiits, enabling them to turn out their work ecoit"!D|cally;,aj)d cxpcdjlioui.ly. ' This, firm are now giving up their drapery and clothing business in order to secufe more space as show rooms for , "t|icir furniture, Sii»l ?^o effect a speedy cleai an re. j)a\p rcduccd t lo a vepy low price all their drapery "nM clothing, wliicK jijll be sold (for cash only) for one month. This is « splendid opportunity for thrifty housewives nothonly to sccurp c?oth> ing but all kinds of Manchester fini furnishing good*'af rates that wiU'pay to lay goods by 'till tfaoy are «foaHy wanted, . ■ , ' '