Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY. JAN.2, 1897. A Patent.

Manawatu Herald, 2 January 1897, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY. JAN.2, 1897. A Patent.

It 19 pleasing to note that the new )• ar cipi-ns with th* prormbility of on? wa^te product, Hjx, being turned • iiLo an rtit'.c c sup rior even to utanilla. owmg io the exercise of one man's brains. We have been shown by Mr Charles t)ahl, of Palmerston, a piece of- rope made from flax dressed at JToxfcon, which has been in constant use on a boat for ten months,, and- for a further two months haa been lying under the sea at Kapiti. T-he rope bears witness to hard usage on the outside fibres, but is pliable and soft, and on unravelling an end and teasing it out the core is as sound, and strong, and soft as the daypn which it was made, and the iWps looks equal to another year's wear. As flax ropes do not staud, isqcfrwear ordinarily* it goes without, saying, that some thing has been done to the fibre before it was made up. Tbia is Mr Dahl's patent, and he is anxious that z^is manufacture should get into use, as he feels certain that users of rope will "take, no othe£." after a trial. • If "would be a long tale to repeat the .-ma.ny efforts .that hay& been made' ; fid ?a| sit&iiafiaJ^dme'/ oily^ substance" with the flax to enable it. to resist r tljje rotting Jjy rWet, all of which havis, up to now, failed. The sample shown us proves without doubt that Mr Dalil ha 9 succeeded in overcoming this difficulty, which, though he was not inclined to fully disclose his operation, he declared to consist in his ability to so partially soften the gummy . and hard out6r covering of the nltimate fibres, a3 then permitted ttfe oily solution to mix properly with it. The .outer covering of what are generally termed fibres beiDg the, dbjectionable part, and inexperienced people have been talking much and often of the desirability, of getting out the gum. These people in talking about a fibre have failed' to grasp its construction, for as soon as the gummy matter was dissolved the long thread would break away into the thousands of fine white filaments, known, technically, as the ultimate fibre, causing it to become in that state out of which handkerchiefs and such like goods can be wove. The notion to soften but not to destroy the hard outer casing of these long fibres was a wise one, and promises to lead to great results. One single fibre ex^ tracted from the used roppwe fiave previously mentioned stilt retained strength to support a two pound weight Whilst writing once more on a very old, but still always important, subject of flax, we desire to stir those in authority to suggest to the Com pany the inadvisabiliby of destroying any more flax on tbe Motoa Estate. There is much country on which flax will always be the beat crop, and an assurance by the Company that this would be' preserved would help to improve the position of Foxton as the head; quarters of tha flax industry. The greater part of the flax now being worked up comes from the Estate, and the royalty more than pays the interest on- the value. This discovery of Mr Dahi's points to flax becoming of much more value, at any rate it points to its greater consumption, and, unless care is taken, we shall only have succeeded in finding a profitable outlet after the wild produce haa been " improved "* eftpy,

The County Clerk notifies that ten per, cent, will he- changed . on . all : the current year's r^ta^fl^jpaid on or be(pre;',fce> Ifjtb; January. '•; ;••" "*";"' „,\ s -„,.,-, .;.-,-.=■ Worth notinVv' A .^{wjche^ter njanufaoturing firrtf has secured" a" otffitrapt tor the supply ot 1,000 toas of spinning machinery •■irom Japan. _ •-:_■••;*■ "= •• : ; : '-- * A large steam lifeboat, rbf a new design, and propelled by hydraulic, means, is being built at Chiswick for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. *J> As far back as the reign of Edward 111 every youth in the City*® London' had to .'choose before Candlemas -the trade or " mysjery " he iuten3e^jfto*f6iro^ ; and he had henceforth to stick to if^and tfould not change. „: . • *■ ■ : ■-. Dr. Temple, the navr Archbishop of' Canterbury, has announoed : that he is compelled to resign the chairmanship of the Church of England Temperance . Society, an organisation with which he has been ' closely associated for many years. Not much fan in that. Japanese auctions are oondiwted in, the following'manner : Each bidder aj an , auotion^writes his flame and bid on a slip of paper, which he puts in a box. When the bidding is over, the box is opened and the goods declared 1 the property of the highest bidder. At a council meeting of the benchers of Lincoln's Inn, a few bunches of the grapes grown in Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, during the summer were offered to the learned gentlemen, who all partook of them, and expressed gratification at the unwonted | novelty of being supplied with fruit grown i and ripened in the very heart of London. Miss Ella Collins will be the first Arnerioan lady raised to a throne by marriage. Her fiance 1 , Col. John Hobbs, reigns over the people of the Jilka Islands in the New Hebrides group. Colonel Hobbs has had a life full of strange adventures, and is now King over 1,200 people under the name of Oumaulea. In another column will be found the nominations for the two day's meeting of the Foxton Racing Club. In all there are 177, with entries for three more races to follow. This can be claimed as being exceedingly satisfactory, and the Club and the secretary are to be congratulated on the result of their work.

The capital employed in England in the mineral water trad • is thirty millions ! and it employs over half a million ot people. A reward is off 'red for the finding of two hows lo?t on the beach near the Bangitikd i.iver on Boxing Day. On Widn-slny M>a*rs Abrahim and i Wi hams ho d a sock sale at Awthuri, on ThU'-sdiy one at Palmerston, and on S. tu-duy they hold their annual sale of horaaa. Intense heat han b?en experienced at Gisboroe during Monday and L'uoftd y, tht> thermometer ri-.iug to 05 in the shad •, a*>d 138 when exposed to 'he sun. Run is greatly needed both in town and coun ry. The heat on Tuesday in Timaru exceeded atiy known for many years: tt was 92 in perfect shade, 106 in verandahs and on the lee of buildings. Small fruits were spoiled, being fairly baked on the bushes. To-day a strong north-west gale is blowing. The heat and wind must do great damage to the . orops. A prisoner in the central prison of Landerneaux, near Brest, named Louis' Gawet, just made bis escape in an extraordinary audacious fashion. By reason of bad conduct he had been for a long time in solitary Confinement, but at length succeeded in piercing the wall of his cell and thus penetrating to a depot of the 19th Regiment of Infantry. Here he put on some military garments, and having clambered over the depot wpll, got safely into the country. A t physician who haa just returned from a visit to Periia, says that the Persians B till believe that human tears are a remedy for certain chronic diseases. At every funeral the bottling of mourners' tears is one of ths chief features of the ceremonies. Each of the mourners is presented with, a sponge with which to mop off hiftfaoe and eye?, and after the burial they are presented to the priest, who squeezes the tears into bottles which he keeps. This custom is one of the oldest known in the East, and hafe probably been practised by the Per- - sians for thousands of years. Mention is made of it in the Old Testament. Certainly the most effective medioine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful effect in, Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and aocidents of all kinds, be they wounds, bum 3, scalding?, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings— no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, &c, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs. In use at all hospitals and medical clinics ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved uvticlo and eject all others.— [advt.] ■ ->. „. „_ _ We are asked to announce that at the Bed House they are showing a grand assortment of Xmas goods in electro-plate and white metal ware and being a parcel of traveller's samples are to be sold at low prices. They comprise butter dishes, sugar bowls, desert dishes and cruets, about forty pieces in all. All are asked to call and inspect without being pressed to buy. McKee and Gamble, Photo-Engravers and Lithographers/ Wellington. Send for quotation,