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Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 9, 21 May 1872, Page 2

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From the Nc.iu Zealand llcvald. GRAHAMSTOWN. .Saturday, 9 p.m. The Alburnia has broken out some splendid' stone from one of the veins in the bottom' level. Demand for shares at 85s. The Multum in Parvo have the-Dee-side claim for-it 150, consisting of 17 men's ground, which takes in the whole of the underlay of the lodes to an enormous depth, and overlaps them as well. The Nonpareil manager reports that last night's shifts bi'ought up 501bs. of good stone, as well as more this afternoon. The Cure maintains the show of 1} to l-£ ozs. at the battery. The Prince Imperial have taken out about lolbs. specimens during last shift. Caledonian, £20 ; Moanatairi, ,£5 2s. 6d. West Coast, 12s. ; Cure, 30s, ; Bright Smile,. 20a. WELLINGTON. Friday. At auction to-day the damaged goods, ex England, sold asfollows 34 casks Pbrtland cement, 7s. 3d. per cask ; chests of tea, at B|d. to lid, in bond. The gazette shows the receipt of revenue under the Consolidated Fund, for the quarter' ending 31st March-, amounted to' £248,373, to which is to be added recoveries from provinces and moneys from other sources, £1900;, advances by the Bank, of New Zealand,. £60,000 ; temporary advances in London, from Public Works account, £73,919 ; total, £384,192. Total colonial charges, <£193,208. Expenditure: Provincial charges, .£2,220 ; payments to provinces, <£5,278. .Receipts, special, fund, £84,140 ; expenditure, <£72,710. Receipts under Immigration and Public Works account, £125,487 ; expenditure,. £177,327. Land Fund : receipts, £88,550 ; expenditure, £.76,-921. Trust Fund ; account receipts, £47,050; expenditure, £21,790, DUNEDIN. Tolmie has given uotice of a series of reso-lutions-abolishing the present provincial system, and substituting a Board chosen by the Council to govern affairs. Heid, in his financial statement, said that, in '67-68 the province received £81,307 from the consolidated revenue, bat this year only £13,733. Instead of receiving anything from the consolidated revenue, the province had to pay £15,000 or £20,000 out of its own funds. A bill has been introduced to- gi\ e School l Committees power to levy an education rate* I for purposes of repair and buildng new? | schools. ! The estimated, revenue, is- £207,800, and expenditure £2.61,323; Government propose to offer a- bonus of £2,500- for the establishment of a paper i manufactory. ! A large-concourse of people- assembled to. | see the Auckland- prisoners land;. i Barton threatens an- action* against th© ; | " Wakatipu Mail " for £1000, for a libeL i contained in their last leading, article.. | NELSON. J It is reported that Saunders will stand; i and there is a rumour that Richmond may i possibly retire. j TIMARU. j A lengthy enquiry into the fire terminated | in an open verdict. Wheat in active demand ab 4?s; oats, Is 9d; ! barley, 4s 2d ; flour, £11 10s to £12 ; potat toes, £4' 10s. | ADELAIDE.. ! May 11. i The Chamber of Commerce have passed a j vote in favour of the trans-continental rail- | way. \ The propriety of leasing the public lands i at quit rents is under consideration. ! Commercial —Wheat, 6s; country floury. I £15 10s ; town ditto, £17.. Markets firm.

MBLIiOL'HNE. VVilkit:, conviutwl of tho murder of Mucplicf'sou, fit JJuy Ictdoi'd, is to be cxccut-.'d on the UOth. Other criminals, condemned to death for various oflciicos, limvu luid tucir sscutynccti cjiiiitiijli-'d to various terms ot .servitude. tScvmi tSihtiU'H of Mcrcy have arrived and have gone to the Oeeioujr Convent, VIVISKtJTIUN. We should very inucli like to know what a bullock, a horse, or a dog would Hay, ii any ot these animals had power to speak, to the {philosophy ot I,In: following extract, which appears in an articlc published in a lute iaaue ot Nature " 'I hero are, however, many questions relating to diseases 01 the lnost profound importance to the human race which cannot be solved (and never will be solved) by thus, an it wore, htanding on one side and watching what j/.,e» on at a distance ; Bitch questions, for example uh the nature of contagion, and those which relale to the origin and proximate causes of our common diseases, such as inllammation, fever, :uid tubercle. 'J'lk;- knowledge which lias b«cn acpiircd on. thcao subjects during the past tew years has been gained by work done in laboratories. .Jhe ailvau.ta.go of this mode of injury, an compared with the indirect clinical method, arc of two kinds—the one relating to the objects of obnervation, the other to the means which are at the disposal of the inquirer. In dealing with animals he i» embarrassed with scarcely any of the limitations which render clinical observation ho difficult. The very considerations indeed, which in the case ot man, absolutely forbid his entertaining any other purposes excepting that of prolonging life and alleviating pain, not only allow, but encourage him, in the case of animals to disregard altogether the present suffering tor the future. Lcnelit. We arc clearly justilied in proliting by the ■titterings of the lower animals tor man s sake. We may subject t.lieiu experimentally to the notion of remedies without any immediate view to their being thereby benciitlcd. V\ c may place tliein under conditions which we know will produce disc.'cso for the purpose of studying the mode of action of those conditions. We have at least;, as good a right to kill sick animals tor the purpose of investigating the anatomical changcs produced by disease, an to slaughter heal thy animals for food. And even if in tin; pursuit of our enquiries we are compelled to inflict, pain, we are perfectly right in doing ao, provided that truths valuable to humanity are to be learned by it." This writer seems to have soiue misgivings as to. the right of the vivisectois to practise their profession, and hence lie makes strong assertions do the duty of argument. Mad lie said that men dissect animals alive, and poison them in order t<> find out means of curing and benefiting men, he would have stated a fact which no one could deny ; but when lie says that men arc clearly justified in doing such a thing, ho states a proposition which is extremely debateable. Who has justilied MUc.li practices ! I he more fact that th© piactices are Itenelicial to mankind is no justification whatever. In this case as in must others might is right. Men lfavo the power to- inllict pain on animals and they use that power. The physicians of the time of Henry 1.1 performed an experiment with a lance (a battle lance) 011 the eyes of four criminals convicted of capital crimcs in 01 del to study the best method of curing the wounds which the King had received in the eye from the lance of Montmorency. Our viviseetora cannot act thus, so they cut up tho liorse alive for the benefit of what is called science. The practice is brutal and barbarous. A number of the Edinburgh voter 1 Marians have issued an emphatic piotest against the practice, which they regard altogether unnecessary and useless, and the brencli (j!<> vertiment have issued a regulation restricting the practice within certain limits. — Tun a tend Countrt, Jutirmd. 'I IIK UKKS OF HON KY. I'UKSKitvtNo (jrupcs with Honey : 'lake 71 !> . of sound grapes ou the »lems, the branches us perfect as possible, und pack them snugly, without breaking in a jar. Make a syrup of-tlh." of honey and one pint, of good vinegar, with cloves, cinnamon, Ov:c., to suit (about three ounces each is a fair average.) lioil this syrup for about twenty minutes, and skuii well; then turn boiling hot over the grapes, and seal up liiimediatolj. They will keep years, if desired, and are exceedingly nice. Apples, peaches, and plums may he done in ttiis iray. Preserving Grapes Cold : Pick grnpes from the stems and pack in a jar until it is full. Then turn honey cold over them until they »re covered well. Seal them up without anv heat, and keep in a cool place. Aficr ;i few months they will be found delicious. All kinds ol fruit made into "jam mid sweeetcned wi h honey instead of sugar nre very nice. Those who are fond of honey consider "butter" made in this way nicer than when made with sugar. Ginger Snaps : One pint of honey three-fourths of ;i pound of butter, two tcaspoont'uls of ginger, boil together a few minutes, and when nenrly cold putin llout until it is nearly stiff; roll out thinly and bake quickly. Honey Cake: One cup butter, two cups honey, foui eggs well beaten, one teaspoont'ul essence lemon, halt a cup milk, sour, if possible, one teaspoontul soda, flour enough to make it as stiff as can well be stirred; bake at ouce in quick oven. Honey Fruit Ca- e . Four eggs, five cups Hour, twe pups honey, one cup sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls cream of tartar, one spoonful of soda, one pound raisins and currants, one-fourth pound citron, one teaspoontul each of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg; bake in loaf, and slow oven. This will be good ior month! after baking, as well as when fresh. Honey Gingerbread : One cup butter, two ot honey one of sour milk, one teaspoouful soda; flour stitl a: cau be stirred. jk. — IMPROVED BRICK-MAKING MACHINE. AVe have never seen a brick machine ei]unl m simplicity to this one. In it the inventor"has accomplished wha has hitherto been deemed an impossibility, the working of all the parts on the shaft of the ordinary pugmill. The machine can be driven by a lever sweep propellec by horses as well as by steam or water-power, thougl: when driven by horses it cannot, of course, be workec up to its full capacity, the latter being limited only bj the practical speed oi' the machine and ability to supply it with clay. It has been found that in practical working, a spee< that will turn out sixty or seventy bricks per minute. i< about what can be- done with two men to shovel in th< clay, 110 attendance being required except to shovel tin clay into the pugmill and hack up the bricks as the] are carried away by an endless aprou. All the well-known principles of good brick-makim are obserred in the operation of this machine. Th< pugmill operates precisely like the old pugmill, temper . £ng the clay before pressing it in the moulds. Th pressure is adjustable to compress the bricks more o ess, so that the proper density may be secured. Thi bricks may be pressed so as to be hacked up immedi ately. The commonest clay may be used, and it i claimed that as perfectly- formed bricks are made of i as can be done with the same quality of clay on a ham machine; that, on subsequent baking the poorer sorts 0 clny will yield 011 the average enough perfectly-faoe< bricks for the fronts of ordinary buildings, while witl the finer clays, bricks of the finest finish may be mad at the same rate as coarser ones. The machine is driven by a powerful and heavy pea placed below and on the shaft of the pugmill. Thi

gear is driven by a pinion on the pulley shaft, which i ttkr.-> it-* power fro in mi cii'jiitic >>v water-wheel. II the i mill impelled bi a i'-j*er-?»weep from the toj. ol the > hliaf't. a-1 toothed tr«r;»r» are in re-sary. j f„ th" body of the g-ar ur6 formed, at proper , interval-, iii'/iih ~ w.rcii iw-ivi- toe temp' red clay from ; the n-> if. is forced down :nlo thc-ni by a power- : Jul propeller -cr « fastened t< the shafts below the j kuivca. wi.icii do th' grinding a d mixing. In each of these moui'K —which an; su-tl faced —runs a Med "r bras-,-faced follower, having at tiit: bottom a i'ulh r wheel which rods up ia a fixed track, el. vaftd at the proper points the action of which is to force th* follower up at the projicr times, to eompre.,s the bricks, and also to thrust tlieni out of tin; mould* whc:i they have at rived at the proper point of the revolution. Ah the bricks are thrust up ou of the moulds they puss oa to an endless belt or apron, and are convoyed away to be hacked 'There is nothing what"ver about the machin- which | can pet out of repair. Its p.iEt.i are few in number, and j so constituted and arranged that they can be made ot a j weight and strength which inmire their power ot endu-1 ranee, att'l no skilled attendance is tequired to run it. j Ail ttie work can be done by boys, except lite shoveling j of the clay. , ' Any complication liable to interfere with the pcrlect j and permanent operation of the machine, or to lessen , durability, is avoided — Sydney Paper. j "Sir," -aid the astonished landlady to a traveller who ! had sent his cup forward the seventh time, "you mus' ) be v. ry fond of col'ec." "Yes, maiain, 1 am," he | replied, "or I should never have drunk so much water j to pet a little." . j A (Scotch serving-woman who was sent to bring water, j returned completely drenched, af er -a hat was considered j ra'hcr an unreasonable length ot time. Iler iniMre.-s j demanded what had kept her so long. " K.cpf me so : long!" said the dripping absentee with a look of surprise, '"'deed ye may be glad to m e me again; the burn was runnin' l'rae bank to brae. I missed a tit and , fell in, and if it hadna been for Providence and another . woman I'd ha'e been drowned." I A man with four wives was brought before Hans H wan hart, a M diawlc Justice, for eoininitrne..t on a charge of bigamy. "Four vives !" exclaimed the j astonished llaes, "four vivesDa'- was a most hinocious crime." Discliarch him at vonst. "\\hy t j protested trie prosecutor; "why discharge him when tne proof is positive ? Will the court explain "Yes, I eckshplaiin. If he lifs mit four rives he got j ment enough already !" Ladv : " Before I engage you, I should like to know what your religion is ?" —Cook : " Oil, ma tun,, 1 always feel it rny duty to be of the same religion as the family L'm in."