THE REBELLION IN THE SOUDAN [BY TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT.] [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1909, 30 September 1884, Page 2

THE REBELLION IN THE SOUDAN [BY TELEGRAPH.— COPYRIGHT.] [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.]

Advance of the British. London*, September 26. Detachments of the Guards and Household Cavahy, to be fonvied into camel corps in connection with the British expedition to the Soudan, embarked to day at Poitsinouth for Alcxandiia on board the steam&hip Deecan. The Australia has been specially chartered as a transport.

[Received September 29, 0.30 a.m.] Cairo, September 27Arrangements for despatching the British expedition to Soudan are rapidly approaching completion, and General VYolseley, who had been personally superintending the preparations, has started for the Nubian frontier. Thirty boats, which have been equipped for the ttansport of tioops up the Nile, have arlived at Assouan.

Memorial to the Late Mb SpottiswoobE. — It is announced that the memorial has already reached the sum ot £(362 10s. The committee are desirous of increasing the amount, so as to realise their intention of founding the Spottiswoode Memorial Pension in connection with the Printers' Corpoiation. Mr Samuel Spalding, of 147 Drury lane, is the treasurer to the fund. Improved Modk ok Shoeing Horses. — Messrs Bislaud and Co., of Edinburgh, have introduced a mode of shoeing with leather soles, to which is attacked a vulcanised mdiarubba pad, roughened on the ground smf.ice to prevent slipping. It is a decided improvement on M'Kenny's pad, from which the idea originally came. We decidedly recommend its application as a means of keeping the hoof in a healthy state, and preventing slipping. Ihe March Across the Desert. — Appliances of several kinds for storing fresh water and carrying it across the desctfc in the proposed expedition from Souakim to Khartoum are in course of preparation at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. For use at .the wells and oases large reservoii? of waterproof u-invas have been provided, some of them several yards square, for dipping pails in watering horses, other, shaped like ordinary troughs, and others adapted to the requiiements of the troops. For conveying the water on camels, iron tanks / aia being made, about 3 feet long by 8 iu6h.PBj broad, and 14 inches deep, but ib is not quite decided whether these or ordinary casks of wood shall be employed for the purpose, and probably a supply of both will be sent out. Already have gone a great number of cisterns formed of galvanised zinc plates riveted, and each having a capacity of about 200 gallons, and these it is pioposed to place at convenient points on the line of march for replenishing the camel loads. Each animal will carry two casks slung pannier-wise across a pack saddle, and each cask will contain about 20 gallons. Toui'bDO Experimknts — Two experiments with tully - chaiged Whitehead toipedoes have been made by two vessels of the Channel Squadion at Bantry Bay. The steam pinnace of the Minotaur discharged a Whitehead torpedo at a large rock at the head of the bay. The torpedo ran at the rate of thii tuen knots an hour, being loaded with a charge ot 117 pounds of gun cottou. It was adjusted to run 400 yards, and was discharged when the pinnace was about 300 yards from the rock. The torpedo, a 16-inch one, weighed 600 pounds. It struck the face of the rock seven feet from the surface, and throw up about thirty tons ot water to a hight of 300 feet ; also seveial pieces of rock. The result of the experiment was considered most satisfactory, the more so as the rock was very unfavourable for the purpose, containinig a number of crexices, and" presenting no even surface such as a -ship would. The base of the rock was nearly destroyed, large pieces being disconnected. The second experiment, conducted by the Neptune, Mas not successful ; the torpedo did not go stiai«ht, and missed. It ran its full course of 400 yards and sank. During the stay of the fleet number of successful experiments have been conducted with submarine mines and stationery torpe-does. New Method of Preserving Grapes. — A Paris horticultural journal gives a new process for preserving grapes fresh for several months that is worth trying. It is an improvement on the process now extensively employed in France, by which the stems are immersed in bottles of water to prevent shriveling. The inventor of the process is a nurseryman of Villers. He describes it as follows : " Towards the end of October I cut the bhoot with the clusters attached, sharpen the lower end to a point, and stick it into a potato. I spread the bunches out on straw or dry hay, so that they shall not touch each other. Tims prepare, these shoots keep quite as well as if the shoots with the bunches attached were inserted m bottles filled with water." It is probably essential that the grapes be placed in a dry, cool room. IT ad xo Bubi.vE.s.s l> T Europk.— " Yes, sir," said the Amciican millionare, as he consulted the bill of faie in a Parisian cafe, " I delight in tiavel. When I was a boy, working for 2 dollais a we' j L, I used to think what a grand thing it would be if I had money and could tiavel all over the world. I icsolved then that if ever I became ' ich I would see the noted places of the earth. Well, I made money, and here L am at Paree on my tour of observation. When an American citizen, sir, gets the travel fever on him, his country, big as it is. is too small to hold him.'" " Yees, your country is a big country," said his French acquaintance, who sat opposite to him. " Big country !" exclaimed the American, striking the table with his' hand ; " it is the biggest country in the world." " I've been there," said the Frenchman, "it is full of wonderful sights— Niagara, for , instance." " Never saw it," said the * \merican; "never could find time to visit it." " And de Yosemite Valley," continued the Frenchman. "^Never had a chance to go there," s«d the American. " And de YeliWvstone Park." " Heard lots about it, but never could find time to visit it." " And de Mammoth Cave of Kentucky." " Blamed if I ever thought of visiting that." "De palisades of de Hudson " «« Whew ! did intend to see them, but always had so much to look after, you know, aud " " And the scenery, magnifique at the White mountains " " .Never could find time to take a trip up there, by gosh." "Of conise you have seen the thousand islands, and the rapids of de St Lawrence, Lake Geneva, Lake Champlain, and all dose beautiful places ?" "Never had time to xisit any of those places. Always had too much business on hand." Why come to see de tame scenery of Europe when you haven't seen de grand scenery and de wonders of your own country?" "Because I'm a dinged fool. I'll go right home on the next boat. A man who hasn't been any further east than Swampscott, nor any further west than north Adams, in hia own country, has no business in Europe." The entire pony Nutmeg 1 will stand at Gorton this season. An important announcement in respect to the sale of Messrs J. A. and W. M. Douglas' estate at Bruntvvood appears elsewhere. Tenders are invitod by the Kjnkiriroa Road Board for road forming near Kirikiriroa schoolhouse. Mr John Knox, auctioneer, has for sale one V,^" Christy's 90-egff incubators. ' Mr S. S. Graham advertises new-born caWcs by pure-bred bull for sale. , A. canvasser for Waikato is wanted by the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company. William Frederic Jfale notifies tha.t ha \a flwner of section., No. 60. township of Harapipi. Rand-wick and Sir Colin are advertised to stand this season in Waikato. Their routes are published elsewhere. The chairman of the Waikato County Conncil notifies the appointment of the Returning, Officer for the county. Nominations to fill the extraordinary vacancy in the Tamahere Road Board will be received up to &gog on Friday, XQfch October,