The Standard (London) condemns the scheme of Lieutenant Armitt to colonise New Guinea by 200 volunteers. A correspondent of the Times recently gave some information of an invention for enabling ships to communicate with each other in f o^gy weather by means of a code of sound signals. On this subject " Gunner " writes to the Times, drawing attention to a method by which ships may speak to each other iv a fog or at night by adopting either the Morse or Colonib combination. In a fog a steam whistle or horn can be used, and at night the signals would be conveyed by long or short eloctric flashes. As an evidence of < the signs of the times,' it may be mentioned, says the Clutha Leader, that at the nomination of councillors aud auditors, for the Municipality of Law rence, onh, Good Templars were nominated for these offices, and the whole were elected without opposition.
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