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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 26, 27 October 1893, Page 20

The Bilkstone soap is now being large'y inquired for. Its cleansiog qualities are on all bands admitted to be unrivalled. A trial mad* of it in our own office has been attended by admirable results and given l be most complete satisfaction. Howarth's patent safety catch for lights, as made by Mr Joseph Sparrow, Rattray street, Dunedin, has been proved by use to be the best article of its kind that can be obtained, it is at work in several of the principal stores and buildings of tbe city, and in every respect gives the utmost satisfaction. A trial was made of it on Friday at Messrs Thomson and Co's factory, Crawford street, in the presence of the Government inspector of machinery. There were three tests. On tbe first occasion the rope was cut just above the cage, the next time it was cat at the top of one of the pulleys, And the third time it was cut close to the cylinder. In two oat of the three tests the cage was loaded and running, but on each occasion the patent catch acted splendidly, stopping the cage instantaneously. The tests were pronounced by the inspector entiiely satisfactory.