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Piacr,■ __, i • * ■ • ■ i™ _it will be remembered, appeared.;at the inquest, but was able to account for hismovements-, -»■ The Etlropean IfaU gives the followiog personal items:—” Among celebrities who , are likely to pay an early visit to the colonies are Gerald Massey, who goes on a lecture .tour after getting his new work on Shakespeare through the press. Mrs Bernard-Beere, it is said; also proposes a tour in Australia, where, both as a beauty and as a aotress she ought to take the popular fancy.'1The following paragraph from the Watr rarapa Standard indicates that the lines of a journalist do sometimes fall in pleasant places:—The proprietor of this paper desires to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of a half'dozen of champagne and a birthday card from some unknown friend. To-day being the 82nd anniversary of his nativity it la pleasant to acknowledge such substantial tokens of good wishes.' /•. A London correspondent writes;—I understand that Pnncej Bqlaud Buonaparte has undertaken to contribute the lt;article on New Guinea for the “Illustrated Atlas, the publication of which is now being arranged for ■ by Sir J uliusVogel. The prince is an ethnographer of acknowledged standing, and is said to be a charming writer; He came over to London this season especially to attend the International Congress of Geologists.If it be, correct that Dr Kauffmann hasdiscovered a method of converting petroleum into solid fuel which burns slowly without smoke, and with only 2 per cent of cinder, petroleum stands revealed more dearly than ever as the fuel of .the future. Dr Kauffman’s method is yery simple. He heats the petroleum, and mixes it with from I to 8 per cent of soap. When the mixture cools if solidifies, in a mass,.which looks like cement and feels like tallow. It is not stated wheiher the solid petroleum bums without smell. For domestic use that is indispensable.It is wliispered (writes tlie Otago DailyTimes1 London correspondent) that SirmouncedJulius Vogel has not renounced hopes of interesting the British public in the development of. the, petroleum deposits inthe Taranaki district* It has always beena pet idea of his that his. concession of titniferoqs sand on the shores of Tara-naki might be rendered immensely valuable if only cheap fuel could be found in easy proximity to it, This, he thinks, can be obtained from the reservoirs of petroleum which he is convinced are to be found in this, district j and he now desiresto get money to prove his theory. But the cautious British iinvestor may probably suggest that he must first find his reservoirs before he asks them to unloose their puree strings..The work under contract on the “ Third lind, Norsewood, has caused a deviationin the Namoko road, which it or oases, to be made Where, the two roads' cross there will be about 4 feet 6 inches of 1 cutting, and as this necessitates -.either, a dip.in the Namoko road or a slight deviation, the Norse wood Road Board has adopted the latter alternative, whereby, although an ugly bend in the before beautifully straight road is the result, the dip in the road is got rid of. There is one fault in the deviation, and that is that it is too sudden, but perhaps at some future'J. H. Clayton—Notice re newspaper subscriptions, NORSE WOOD ROAD BOARD.4A special meeting of the above Board ^as held on Saturday, Present —Messrs Nordbye (chair), MU*ar, A'nderson, and Hansen, The meeting had been called for the purpose of opening tenders for work on roads, and the following tenders were received ;—For contract No.*-4, formation and metalling 6 chains on Ingoaldsen'sroad.—B. H. Palmer, £8; A. Nilsen, £9 19s fid ; Berth old Gun-der son, £114s fid per chain (informal); C. Christoffersen, £2 2s fid per chain (informal); Andersen and Larsen, £12; and O. Olseo, £112, For contract No. 5, __ 17 chains on Stoker’s road, formation and metalling,—0, Olsen, £1 108 per chain ; Andersen and Larsen, £1 10s fid per chain. Contract No 6, for forming . and metalling. 8 chains; Barfcoch’s road,™ K. Leopold, £1 5s 4d per chain.;, M. Grusenske, £1 7s 4d per chain; ■Andersen: and Larsen, £l 10s per chain ; 0, Olsen Berger, £1 10s per chain ; and B. Gundersen, £1 15s par chain. Contract No. 7, for forming and metalling 12 chains German Line,—M. Grusenske, £1 12s fid per chain K, .Leopold, £1 12s fid per chain; and Messrs Andersen and Larsen, £1 15s per chain. Contract. No. S, formation only of 17 xdtains Mortensen’s road,—Ole Johansenl 17s■ . ■ - - - ' - + -m t* 1 _ ‘6d per chain : Andreas Nilsen, 19s 3 per chain ; Harmes and Augustin, £12s fid per chain; T. Bosanko and J.Westlake, £1 3s per chain ; C. Chris-toffersenj £1 8s per chain; C. E.Johansen, £112s per chain, 0. Lund, £23 (lump) ; and B. Gundersen, £2 2s6d per chain. Contract No. 9, forming and metalling 17 chains Namoko road,—Ole GIscd, £1 Is 4d per chain ; B. H. Palmer, £1 Is 6d per chain ; Ole Olsen Berger, £l 4s per chain;and Andersen and Larsen, £l 4s fid per chain.These being all the tenders Mr Anderson rose to move that in everycase the lowest tender be accepted, Mr Millar briefly seconded, and themotion was ’ put and carried unanimously. .There being two tenders for work on contract No. 7 at £1 12s 6d per chain, and that sum being the lowest for the work, Air Hansen moved that Mr Grusenske’s tender be accepted; He did this owing to the fact that the other lowest tenderer had already secured one of the other contracts, than because of any special claim to consideration of either tenderer. Mr Anderson seconded and the motion was carried unanimously.The accepted tenders would therefore be No. 4, B. H.. Palmer ; No. 5, Ole Mien ; No. 6, K. Leopold ; No. 7, M. Grusenske; No. 8, Ole Johansen;and No. 9, Ole Olsen.-There was no other business.DTTDTTn AT) r\TTA\T
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Dannevirke Bush Advocate
Dannevirke, Wanganui, NZ
Tue, Nov 20, 1888
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