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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 14, Issue 702, 22 July 1869, Page 4

Mil. Caudwell, on account of the prod Lies of reduction and dismissal which he iitus effected in tlie army, is to be known fir the future us Mr Dis Card well.—To- ■ nahawk. SCIENCE and Art.—A striking instance >f the immense value a small piece of stee -nay acquire by tlie great power of skilled ■nechumcal labor 13 ibe balance-spring of a va'ch. From its exrenie fi eness ami deli -dry 4,00 ' Weigh not more than uu ounce, ind exceed in value £ 1,009. A most interesting little work, ites-cribing the rise and rogress of watchmaking, lias been pub hslied by J YV. Bemon, 25 Old Bond st.. ind the City Ste.i>n Factory, 53 ai a 6't< i.u ignte bid- The book, which is profusely uius rated, g;Ves a full description of tin v'arious kii.ds of watches an 1 clocks, with 'heir p'ice-. Mr Benson (who hoi ts tinppoinf nent to-the Prince of Wales) liat> dso published a p unphlet on Artistic Ctmlo Jewellery, d ustrated with the mo ; t beau lil'u! des-i-iiis of Bracelets, Brooehes Far .•iug;>, Lockets, &c, &c, *»ui aid • for VVed- • dug, Birthday, and other pr. scuts. These IMiuuhlets are s ut |Ost five for two stamp* eich, and the_) cnino: be t< o strongly recommended to those contemplating a purchase, especially to residents in the country or abroad, who are thus enabled to ■elect any article they may require, and Irt-v U forwarded with perfect, saleiy. 2J|i'<j9

This Southland Acclimatization Soc-ie'} have resolved to p> titioil t l >e Government o import salmon ova from North America Breakfast.—A successful Expeki ilENi'. — ihe Civil Service Gazette has tic ioduwing interesting remarks: —" Ther•ire verv fewsunpleartielesol loud whiehcan boast so many valuable ami important .letary properties as cucoa. Wliile acting ui tuo nerves as a gentle stimulant, it pro >i les the body with some of ih* purest •lements of nutiiii >n, and at the saint iine corrects ami invigorates the action i'ilie digestive organs. These bentficia fleets depend in a great mea-u-e u ion tin •hi nner of its preparation, but of late y ears • u<;h close attention has been given to tin -rowth and treatment of cocoa, tli.it there is no diiheuity i i securing it with even us'i i'ul qu di'y fully developed. The sin iular succes wlneli Mi* iipps attained b\ ins haiiioeoputhie pre araiion of cocoa hamper been surpassed by any experimentalist. Far and wide the reputation ol Epps's tJocoa has spread by the simple lorco of it» own extraordinary merits Aleui -al in n of all shades of opi ion have a«''i"ied in recoimueiuiing it as the safest and most b neiieial ariiele of diet for persons if weak constitutions. This sup.-rioiity ,1 a pa tieular mode of preparation over ~h others is a ivma kable proof of the ■ feat results to be obtained from little uaUSi'S -By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern tlie operations ui digestion a..d nutrition, and by a careful application of tne line properties of well elected cocoa, Mr Epps has piovided our oreakfast tables with a delicately flavored o 'Vcruge wincb may save us many heavy dootois' bills. It is by tne judicious us>uf such articles of diet tliat a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist tvei v leuoeuc) to di ease. Hundreds ol tubtic maladies are iloatiug around Uo reaoy to atlaek wlieiever tnere is a weak point. We may escape many a i iial siiuft by keeping ours-elves well foiti ii,d witn pure blood and a properly nou.lalicd frame." * 4|- ; /9 Some one has volunteered to bring us in me l hi. pair 's needle for £1,5 0! We are fond oi r. lies, but this dois seem rather an expensive way of taking up tlio thread of history,—-Tomahawk