The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-07-17
Qhe lailn Bulltti,l
TUESDAY, JULY Ia, 1888.
FOREIGN NEWS AND NOTES.

to the inventor the cartridge will not
heat the gun, it is self-ejecting, has
twice the propelling force of powder,
and is much cheaper. 1t will also
cost very much less than metallic
cartridges of gunpowder, and will
not be injured by water. Its ma
terial, mode of preparation are secrets,
but in appearance it is paper pulp
soaked in some explosive material,
and pressed into a hard roll. The
ball is attached to the end of the
roll, and the whole thing leaves the
gun together, on the sky-rocket
principle. 1t may be adapted to any
gun, and is to revolutionise the
ordnance departments of the world.
At the trial the inventor fired off the
ball cartridges into a spruce log Sin.
thick. The ball, it is said, passed
entirely through the log and a Pin.
plank behind it, and hattened against
a wall. After firing twelve rounds
out of the same gun there was no
apparent heat and no fouling. Home
Neacs.
An extraordinary creature was re-
Gently captured at Gong Gong,
Victoria, which some people declare
to be the original of the many
-" bunyip" stories which every now
and then crop up in different parts
of the colony. 1t is about four feet
in length, aud has four legs, web
footed, and snout somewhat re-
sembling that of Il pig. 1t is covered
tail being six or seven inches in
length, but getting shorter and finer
as they grow along the back towards
the head, until they terminate on
the shoulders and head in q kind
of down, dark blue i'll colour. The
hinder part of the body is covered
with scales similar to those of fish,
and the tail, which comes back
over the hinder parts of the body, is
divided into two parts, each part be-
ing about 8 inches long and 4 inches
broad. The stranger has greenish
eyes, and appears to be amphibious,
as it has just come out of large
dam near the railway line. The
monster was disabled by charge of
shot, and the person who shot it
advanced to despatch the thing,
when it seized the stock of the gun
and squealed like pig. The skin
has been carefully preserved.-U-
lust. Sydney Neacs.
The famous wooden nutmegs of
the Yankee have been outdone at
last (says the Melbourne ''Herald")
and the ingenuity of Connecticut
must pale before the genius dis
played by the people of Zanzibar.
Those clever mortals supply the
London market with large proper
ton of the cloves used in commerce,
and several recent shipments have
been found to contain Il heavy per.
centage of artificial cloves neatly
manufactured by machinery. They
were made of pine, stained dark
colour, and had been perfumed with
the essence of the spice sufficiently
to make them pass muster.
The OsmanH observes that Tur-
key cannot remain Indifferent in the
presence of the policy pursued by
several European Powers to extend
their colonial dominions. War, it
says, may be averted in Europe, but
European States are preparing to
dispute their superiority in distant
lands. Then with regard to the
Tonquin expedition, the Empire of
Annam is so close to the British In
dies that the presence of the French
flag on the coasts of the Chinese Sea
may become the cause of fresh
struggle between England and
France. Recent events have proved
that Germany is not willing to re-
main Indifferent. With regard to
Africa, both France and England
will soon perceive that their oc-
cupation is all but consolidated.
The Mahdi of the gSoudan, in spite
of the reported victories of his OPP
ponents, is holding powerful posi-
tious, which, if England means to
take from him, willnecessitate strong
forces. Spain is protesting against
the invasion of English influence in
Morocco. Germany keeps an eye
on the Congo, and is treating with
Spain for the acquisition of the island
of Fernando Po.-Hon1e Neacs.