A GREAT ENTERPRISE.

CopttrnctlOa, of the Siberian Hallway to Commence.

Al—T important decision in Russian rail- Wy construction has just been come to warding a scheme which has often been Ifliouled aa utterly incapable of present ttaliadpn.' The great " through Siberian Hailway"- right away to the Pacific is to 08 SSSBneneed at last. The prolongation w. the railway now in progress through "aterinburgand Tiumen will shortly be mby several other lines, laid across the J'benan plains from the port of Vladivos '¥*-*• The Emperor has approved the de «BP. of the.State Council to make im- Wiate surveys for tho laying of a rail *»y from Tomsk to Irkutsk and Stretinsk m test a town on the Shilka, an «»«* to. the Amoor), and'from Lake jMnka, or Hankol, to Vladivostok. The ™™ys and construction are to be con "*« » the Minister of War, under the BWttoe of the Governors-General of the S°£ Atn°9r district and Eastern » Baron Korff and General Ignatieff. K_K r sthe5 the brotW o{ the famous dip- Si n^ 6xfinißter' Par*o^ feline .« possible, to be commenced next spring, Zt_f-im^dthafctl>« whole may be 2S 4 «n about five years. Direct com- Cu n.r in 'be established by 3&S ?etersbl"g and Russia's XX^J^K about fifteen days Cen i<i**^ to Tiumen five days, Uke Wrt^ Adays' St retinsk to Khanka sS_TlnTst f°M days, and from S-Cn^ Alvostock'one This •wJSS connec% Une is of course deration, \m^ nt strategical con- W*? Serif til haS- en Sta^ s-«Ssitvfnrk, • BOnths ' msisfcs °" the »* of th7l!!-? n?T ai;ailroadlaid from *? ke to the Shilka in Hf^EVw i° i ut?, withia a reasonable "P -« h^part of the Chinese frontier.

TRAFFIC IN CORPSES.

fi^We Trad!^-edoaiaFrance S* «H of fcraffic £»]u»t & c 'o receiS *% the boatffien <* the y !*Sr v fi f ? cs ,for each dea<i !^ h^ Rive? ,f ndxn,the r^er, after *Tery «* £?J ! Dofcice of fcheir dis- ?? of Poli<*- This I^t2S? ,nt? e l two departments _^T J and the -P«ißboatmen » W>2« e **« local river" m .ur % craft in y. w two ropes CL^WuS I dles to Cl^frarL f-f ad', nitted tba* &&■-£#«_*__

wrangling with each other over the bodies of persons who have been found drowned in the river within the precincts of the city, but this is the first time that fuch a re markable speculation as that described has been recorded of them.

CHRISTMAS COMPETITION

PRIZES FOR THE BEST VERSE,

PRIZES for the BR ST FOUR and EIGHT LINE VERSES suitable for Christmas and New Year Cards, are offered as follows :-

FOR THE BEST FOUR-LINE VERSE, a Handsome Illustrated Book on the New Zealand War, value Two Guineas.

FOR TBE BEST EIGHT-LINE VERSE, a similar prize to the above.

CONDITIONS. J. The Sole Right of publishing all verses sent in will vest in the Proprietor of the Star.

2. Verses intended for Competition must be delivered on or before the 31st DAY OF AUGUST, addressed "Christmas Competi tion," Stab Office.

3. Competitors are not restricted to the num ber of separate verses they may send in.

4. Tho Verses must be original.

0. Verses should bo signed with Motto or Norn de Plume, the real name and address to be enclosed in separate sealed envelope, with the Mottto outside.

6. The selection of the Prize Verses will be made by the Rev. E. H. Gulliver, M.A.. and Mr J. L. Kelly, author of the Prize Poem " Queen's Jubilee "

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, MONDAY, AUGUST 29. 188..

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