MISCELLANEOUS.
News Indeed !—An exchange from the other side of the Atlantic says 1 : "Judge; Lush, now engaged in the Tichborne case, is the first Catholic-to occupy the English bench since the Reformation." ' Mr. Nicholas Stick, of Ranzau, Nelson, claims to be the originator of an idea for propelling steamships at the rate of twentyfive to thirty knots an hour. He has got out drawings and made a model of his invention, the advantages of which are :—l. Light draught of water. 2. Speed in fair weather. 3. Greater facility in heavy weather. 4. Gi eater facility in ing the helm than any vessel now afloat possesses. 5. A- duplicate rudder -by which the dangers of an unshipped rudder are prevented. The novelty consists not in ;my new discovery of motive power, but in an ingenious adaptation of those already in existence. The inventor: not having the means of carrying out his invention, and being unable to arouse the -interest of cap - italists here, is about to proceed to Australia, where he hopes to form a company to give effect to his plans.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 269, 1 May 1874, Page 3
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183MISCELLANEOUS. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 269, 1 May 1874, Page 3
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