Interprobincial Items.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1530, 2 December 1873, Page 35

Interprobincial Items.

CANTERBURY. Pottery and Earthenware Manufactory. The most hopeful sign of the present time is the spontaneous establishment in various parts of the colony of new and profitable industries and manufactures. Some of these, without any aid from public funds, and solely on their own merits, have attained large proportions; and been in every way successful. Such we hope may be the case with the enterprising settler referred to in the following paragraph, which we extract from one of our exchanges :—Mr Neighbour, of Christchureh, has recently completed ttye erection of his new pottery and pipe machinery, which is of the most improved style and capable of turning out 400 feet daily of drain pipes, varying from 3 inches to two feet in diameter. The potter's wheel supplies all kinds of earthenware at prices much below the cost of imported goods. Dishonoring a Good Cheque. At Cliristchurch one James Naucarrow sued the Bank of New Zealand for damages far having while there were funds in their hands belonging to him, dishonored his cheque. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £75, or £25 in addition to the sum before paid into Court by the defendants. A Heavy Fine. The Cliristchurch Press reports :—" At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Mr J. EThaoker was lined £IOO for landing forty sheep at Okain's Bay, from the vessel Janet, without having first obtained the required permission of the Chief Inspector pf Sheep, in accordance with the Ordinance. It was shown that the matter had purely occurred through inadvertence on the part of Mr Thacker, arid the'Bench regretted the Act left them no alternative but to inflict a penalty, Mr Thacker landed them

at Okain's Bay in order to knock them about as little as possible, as many of them (pure-bred Leicester ewes) were on the point of lambing. Mr Thacker paid a very high price for them in Tasmania, and deserves credit for his enterprise in importing so valuable slock to the Province."

OTAGO.

Woollen Manufactures

One by one,locally manufactured articles are taking the place of imported goods, and it is well that it should be so. There is no greater anomaly in our commerce than the fact that we export nearly the whole of our enormous product of wool, and rely upon our imports for woollen goods. We are glad to notice that Messrs. James Ran wick and Son, of Duncdin, have commenced the manufacture of woollen goods of various descriptions, including socks stockings, drawers, shirts, &c. The industry should prove a profitable one and we hope it will meet with enoouragement and support. Racing witli a Railway Train. A precocious youngster, ten years old, at Dunedin, who perhaps had heard some of the many jokes about the speed of the Bluff railway, started in front of the tiain as it was leaving Pelichet Bay, lately, and commenced to run as hard as he could The driver, fortunately was able to slack speed, and the boy was captured and sent home, feeling disappointed at not having been allowed to race the engine.