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South Canterbury Times, Issue 8659, 23 October 1896, Page 1

A table extract from the census returns is gazetted, which shows that there are 1431 places of public worship in the colony, with seating accommodation for 334,500 people,"and 209,731 attend them. There were on census day 304 public libraries, mechanics’ institutes,etc.,inthe colony, with 17,638 members, and an aggregate of 409,604 books on their shelves. An Auckland solicitor wants a patent for a device to be fitted to bicycles for the purpose of forcing stones and other obsticles out of the way of wheels; a sort of cowcatcher. This is worth following up, because it contains the germ idea of a new kind of plough. Yesterday, at the Magistrates Court, Waimate, the case of J. Cremins v. J. O’Donohue was heard. The claim was £4 16s Bd, for wages. After hearing the evidence the plaintiff was nonsuited | with costs. Mr Hamilton appeared for plaintiff, . ; 1 Christchurch Frees says: “Messrs Gawne and Co. have favoured us with; samples of their Worcestershire Sauce, Its flavour is as good as its piquancy, s pronounced. It is altogether a well balanced relish.”—[Advt.l The Walter A. Wood combined grain manure and turnip drill trial held in Mr Healy’s paddock, adjoining Mr O. V. Clarke’s farm, at Waimate, on Tuesday, was a complete success. , The class of land dealt with was heavy and wellworked, and the drill showed its superiority to the other makes in the market by the thorough manner in which it did the work required of it. Mr Stonyer, the company’s expert, was in attendance, and fully explained the working of the machine, and those present expressd themselves well pleased with the machine and the work done by it. A West Coast paper, discussing the intention of the friends and supporters of the Premier at Kumara to get up a requisition asking him to offer himself as a candidate for Parliament, says—- “ Surely this is a work of supererogation, seeing that he has. already announced himself. If they wanted further evidence they need only refer to the Public Works Estimates, to say nothing of the fact that Government billets have been found for a large percentage of the inhabitants of the constituency, and that nearly every second person met with on the country road is a Government inspector or a co-operativo workman.’. 1 A curious incident in connection with the sinking of an artesian pipe in Napier is mentioned by the Hastings Standard. The pipe was being driven by a contractor for Messrs Kobjohns &.Co.,and water was reached at about 400 ft. It was, however, decided to go deeper, and, if possible, get a-better The pipe was driven 700 ft, but without result, and then some sapient person advised discharging a quantity of dynamite at the bottom of the pipe, for what reason i not clear. The dynamite ~a considerable quantity—got jambed in the pipe about 200 ft down,'and discharged there, with, the immediate result that all the town wells, which are in the vicinity, immediately ceased to flow, and have refused to supply any water since. The Board staff is strenuOusly endeavouring to obtain a flow by driving.one of the pipes deepei;,.but so far without success. •It la thought'that the explosion has caused a collapse of the water-bearing strata in the vicinity, and in that case the obtaining of a fresh flow is likely to be an important process. . The Irish language still lingers imthe Bahamas among the mixed descendants of the Hibernian patriots,- banished by ;■ romwell to the West Indies. One can occasionally heari it is saidy blackßairors: in the London Docks who cannot speak a word of English;-'talking Irish to the old Irish applewomen whom they ‘meet, thus making themselves intelligible.. Sander and SOU*; -EUc&lypntS BxfcfcW—(AAVt.)'-: