A SHEARING RECORD.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXII, Issue 3071, 22 January 1894, Page 4

A SHEARING RECORD.

Shearing on the Clifton station commenced a fortnight ago, and has continued everyday since, there having been no broken time, The shearing is being done by the machines, and a l visitor to the shed on Wednesday last informs us that they are found to work with the utmost satisfaction, and extra heavy tallies are being made. On that day the V ringer 'of the shed — Mr Eobert Houliston—shore 202 heavy full-woolled sheep, The next two men scored 198 each, the whole making a heavy average tally. Mr Telford expressed himself as highly satisfied with the work done, both as to quality and quantity, regarding the machines as a long improvement over the old style of hand shears.— Clutna Leader.

To take stains out of silver, etc.— Dissolve some ordinary primrose soap in hot water, and let the plate steep in itforan hour or two; them remove it, wipe dry, and cover it with very finely-powered whiting— -this should be sifted through a coarse piece of muslin— that has been moistened with a little ammonia, let this pa^te dry thoroughly, and then rub off with your hand and polish with a chamois leather and Gbddard's Plate Powder. Eggspoons tarnish readily owing to the sulphur in the egg uniting with the silver^ when moistened by saliva, but the discolouration will soon disappear if treated by the above method. A museum founded in Berlin by William I. is intended solely for the reception of royal garters. Garters from the limbs of all the princesses that have been married since 1817 [ have been found in this unique collection. I "Vwitfiig Cards equal to copperplate done a I tbe office ot this paper.

A navigable balloon, make in Paris or the NKrebe system, bas been tested by c Rusoan military commission near Warsaw with satisfactory results. It is said to have risen against strong atn_o*pberfi pressu|«i and was steered successfully agains|flie w«id. It was then propelled in mw different directions, ana was able tcgfescen^ ta earth jiritboot the gas being ict ouC At the annual meeting of the subscribers of the Dunedin Benevolent Institute the chairman said the children were now boarded out, and the lateinspection showed that all were propesly attended. The cost of outdoor relief had been £6675 forthe year, and the cost per head of those in the institution was os s£d per week. The Goliath beetle, from West Africa, the latest importation of the London Zoological Saraens, measures between five and six inches across the body, and if the legs were extended to their fall the total measurement would be some nine or ten inches. In. some parts of Africa beetles of this class are roasted and eaten by the j