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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 645, 7 January 1869, Page 2

St bang e Phenomenon. —At Forres, the ordnance survey officers have discovered an extraordinary deflection of the plumb line. There are no mountains near to cause this, and it is believed that there is a mass of unusually solid matter beneath the surface at Forres, or else a large cavity in the sea, which is not far distant. To ascertain this, two clocks are about to b»; placed east and west, one at Forres, 40 ; miles distant ; by the side of each clock there will be a magnet, connected with the opposite clock with an electric wire. The ]■ magnet will be made to click, so as to ? mark the vibrations of the pendulum of; the distant; clock, and the difference hi| the vibrations of the pendulums will reveal f the force and direction of the deflection off; the plumb line and thus the cause of! the curious phenomenon at Forres will bo ascertained.

Accident to the leish Mail. —An-i other accident has overtaken the ill-fated \ Irish mail. The mail train from Dublin . to Kingston harbor, consisting of an express engine and two carriages, at half-past j six on Friday morning, Sept. 25, struck a f cow at Sydney-parade Station. Getting [ [off the track, the train ran in upon the p [wooden platform, carrying away about 60 l t , feet of it. The engine was thrown o-b- ['-' liquely across the two lines of rails, and [ the driver, stoker, and a couple of other I. persons were much shaken, but escaped \ 'serious injury. The sailing of the Holy- '{ head mail boat was delayed an hour. \ The Abban Case.—On Friday, Oct. 9, | Robert Watt, master, and James Kerr, || mate, of the ship Arran, of Greenock, werd U committed for trial on the charge of mur« || der. They had while the ship Arran was . i on a voyage from Greenock to Quebeo, \j and while she lay imbedded ia ice in St. || George's Bay, Newfoundland, regardless g of the consequences, turned out of the || ship two boys, who had stowed themselves | t ,! away in her. One of the boys was drowned; || and the other died from exposure, | 1 U.