The Wanganui Chronicle. PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER. "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1894.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11952, 2 April 1894, Page 2

The Wanganui Chronicle. PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER. "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1894.

fci 1 'i 1 - - . . 1 , The Eev. Harold Peters will preach at the Schoolroom, Upokongaro, on Tuesday evening, at 7.30. The usual monthly meeting of the Waitotara County Council takes place this morning. At about 1.40 this morning there was a smart shock of earthquake, the rumbling of which lasted some 10 seconds or so. We regret to hear that Mr David Lind, junior, who has recently been under treatment at the Wellington Hospital, is very seriously ill at that institution and not expected to recover. Hia father, Mr David Lind, rode to Palmerston with a view of catching thiß morning's train from that place to Wellington, Yesterday afternoon's service at the Aramoho Chapel was disturbed by a drunken man, who made kimsesf objectionable by using very foul language. It is a pity that those from whom he got the drink did not see their way to keep him in Bafe custody, so that the respectability of tho neighbourhood should not be called into question. The ventilated trucks which are to be built for the carriage of dairy produce will bo ordinary 15ft wazgone, but they will have an outer and an inner ekin, anil between the two au air space insulated on each side with paper and felt, so that there will be a free circulation of nir between the two skins and the door. The roofs will be constructed in a like manner, and in addition will be Htted with exhausters to carry off any heated air. We are Borry to record the death of Mrs F. Field, the third daughter (Clara) of the late Mr D. Kitchen. Mrs Field had been in a weak state of health for many months past, and succumbed at last to a general bmk up of the system at mid-day yesterday. Mrß Field, who was better known perhaps as Mi6s Clara Kitchen, was not many years ago a prominent figure in our musical circles, and her services in this direction for charities and other local objects will not bo readily forgotten. We may say that her services as a songstress of no mean order were, in the days of her health, available all up and down the coaßt from Palmerston to New Plymouth, and the pleasure given to her audiences will doubtless be the cause of her memory being ever green amongst us. The Wanganui Operatic and Dramatic Society were, in the past, much indebted to both herself and sister, and when she retired from taking an active part in the Society's performances her absence was greatly deplored by the management. Besides taking part 111 secular music, Mrs Field was for some time a prominent member of the Christ Church choir, and her services were many a time sought and obtained by St. Mary's (Catholic) as well as other churches. We tender our s.ncere sympathy to her mother and family as well as to her bereavod husband. Mrs Field's funeral takes place to-morrow (Tuesday) at 3.30 p.m.

! The Wellington correspondent of the Otago Daily Times writes :— The Bill for ' protection of infant life, passed last session, has so far been practically inoperative, but I gather that presently it will be put in motion in a way that will cause much concern to the kind lndy who is so frequently advertised for to take care of a fine little baby girl or healthy little boy, while the benevolent females who already have such precious offsprings in their care will suddenly learn that they bavo a guardian of an inquiring mind iii the person of an officer in blue. The Dunedin Star's London correspondent writes :— An advertisement, " more especially directed to the children of John Duakerly," who is supposed to have died about 1860, and who was a brother of William Diinkerloy, late of Macclesfield, who died in December, 186g, appears in the " porsonal " column of ' The Times ' advertisements to-day (Friday, February 9). Sorao of these children are supposed to bo resident in New Zealand, and aro apparently entitled to money under tho will of Mr William Dunkerley. An interesting discovery was made at Eketahuna a few days ago. Some workmen employed in excavating at a railway cutting unearthed some bones, supposed to be tha remains of a human being, about 14ft below the surface. About 17 feet lower down a serratsd shark's tooth, which had apparently been used for fishiDg purposes, was discovered. The boDes were black and in a Btate of petrifaction. These relics, which havu evidently been buried for a long period, will probably be secured by the Mueeum authorities. The North Otago Times says :— Mr T. .0. Dennison, of Oamaru, has, we believe, patented, what, for want of another name we may call a fast running bicycle. The machine, by several ingenious contrivances, is calculated to attain a speed of about 40 miles an hour with a fair rider in the saddle. We have heard that one of the machines is being made by Messrs Adams, Curtis & Co., of Christchuich. Tho weight will not exceed 401bs and tbe price will be under £30. The weight will, therefore, not be much greater than the ordinary bicycle, and the price also wiil not be much higher. With a machine of this kind the journey to Dunedin might be made iv a couple of hours, and the express train will be nothing to it for speed. Whether the machine will get 011 1 1 the racing track is doubtful, for with a speed like this a collision would moau disintegration to the colliders, although we believe the speed can be regulated to suit the ideas of the rHer. Messrs Adams, Curtis and Co. are satisfied that tho invention is a good one, and anticipate a revolution in the cycling world. 1 rrrrr-