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Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 39, 30 July 1872, Page 2

In the " Ilawke's Bay Telegraph" the following comments on Messrs; Barry andNolan's report are very much to the point:— •' Having only a short telegram before us of!' Mr. Nolan's report, we cannot properly test the truth of his statements. From as much aswe have of it, however, it appears a very cleverly concocted story, made up ,for the purpose of throwing dust in the eyes of the good people of Auckland, and of inducing the Superintendent to send Mr. Nolan aftd party upon another expedition. We have a lively recollection of a certain Kaimanawha Gold Prospecting Company being formed in Napier some time-back. Mr. Nolan probably recollects the same circumstance, and perhaps he did not calculate upon his recent report tothe Superintendent of Auckland 1 being heard of in. Napier; Unfortunately for Mr. Nolanother people beside himself have visited Taupo,., if indeed he was ever there. To judge merely from his report we should unhesitatingly say he was not. We will now give our readers, our reasons, and we trust that both Barry and Nolan will learn something therefrom. According to our telegram, the report says, that, the natives on the Napier side of Lake Taupoexpressed the greatest disKke to; and distrust of, the Hawke's Bay Government, and it wasonly after they were assured that the prospectors came from Anckland that Nolan and* party were permitted to search for gold. Now,, as everybody knows, the whole of the country on the Napier side of Lake Taupo is composed', of nothing but pumice, it-is therefore likely that any man, having, a knowledge of his work, would seek for gold' there. There isnot the remotest chance of discovering the slightest indication- of gold nearer to Lake TaapO' on the Napier side than the Kiarnanawha ranges, and Mr. Nolan was nowhere' in that direction. The nearest point to.Napier at which gold has actually been: found', and' brought away was onthe north-western side* of the lake, and Captain Morrison's party had no difficulties with the natives, ifindbed there were any there to molest them. So much for Mr. Nolan's prospecting. With regard! to the native's expressed dislike to or distrust ©f the Napier Government, the statement is so outrageously absurd that it is- beneath our notice. The real truth of the matter i's that the natives of the Tohua know nothing whatever of the Auckland Government, the only intercourse they have had with the ColonialGovernment, being, through Hawke!s. Bay officials.'*' rr ~*

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Actuatedby the moat philanthropic motives we.; give the Benefit of gratuitous circulation to the following advertisement, which we clip from a New York paper, andwhich ia addressed to all those ia any kind of distress in relation to their noses. We hail the advent of this machine as introducing a new era, and when* we reflect on the prominence which the orgaaia question occupies, and the painful variety that meets the eye in a saunter dowir Queen-street, "from the knife-blade-to the pair-cake-, from the curved beak tothe saucy, snub, from they; monstrous Roman to the ferocious jrag* we feel that an importation of the '' Nose Machine " would.bring sunshine into many a dwelling, and cause many a desolate heart to, sir»g for joy. . Listen 1. • " Nose: Machine.—This- is a contrivance which* applied to th& nose for an hour daily, so directs the .TOffc cartilage of which the member consists that ajttillformed nose Is quickly- shaped to perfection: ' Anyone ca» use them, and without pain: Price, j loi4sd f £ tent: camagpJx&i-by 'sample, post,forlis j/Postwffice; order or atamp3.—Al*x. Rosa, 243, High London.—Pamphlets, sent for two stamps. —Sto,T^

An obdurafe screw may be drawn by applying a piece of red-hot iron to the he-id for a minute or two, and immediately using the screwdriver. One cubic inch of water weighs .0301.7 lbs. One cubic foot of water weighs b. One cubic foot of lea weighs 68,}1b. Ore cylindrical inch of water weighs .02842 lb. One cylindrical foot of water weighs 49.1 lb. With regard to carbonic acid gas in wells, tlio most simple plan to get rid of it is to get a blacksmith's bellows and a tin or lead gas or steam pipe. A ttach it to the nozzle of the beOows and run it to the bottom of the well ; so long as the bellows is worked the well will be free from gas.

The injuries to health, arising from infinitesimal metallic particles inhaled by the breath into the lungs, are especially serious in the operation of dry-grinding. M*; Charles Stodder, of Boston has recently made an investigation into the quality of a similar dust produced in the process of polishing fire-arms, and he found that it consisted of a few organic fibres, some minute crystalline fragments, and about GO per cent of iron and steel dust. He makes a usofnl and practical suggestion that magnots be placed near the grinding surfaces to withdraw the iron dust from the air breathed by the workmen ; and the simplicity and feasibility of the device will ensure it a trial. A cast-iron boiler invented in the United States, has been brought into use in England, and with results which show that it has great advantages over the wrought-iron boiler. It occupies much less spacc, requires less fuel, and is not so liable to become foul or explode. These are advantages worth consideration in a time when steam-engines are expected to work more and more under increased pressure. The ea.st-iron boiler is constructed in tubular sections, which are arched over the fire-place, and vertical elsewhere, and are connected in a way to allow of free circulation of water and of blowing off, and refilling at pleasure. If any portion should hecome defective itcan be taken out and replaced by a new one without disturbing the whole boiler, and in like manner, the size of the boiler can beincreased by adding moro sections. At a foundry in Newport the machinery was formerly driven by a Lancashire boiler of which the fire-grate area was tweuty-soven square feet. The cast-iron boiler used in its place has nearly the same heating surface as the other (the difference being only twelve feet), but its fire-grate area is not more than seventeen square feet. The Lancashire boiler consumed twenty-seven hundredweight of coal a-day ;; the cast-iron boiler consumed sixteen hundredweight only, yet did quito as much work as the other. This boiler was invented by J. A. Milbr, of Boston. U.S., and a full description of it is published in the " Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Birmingham."