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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1602, 7 January 1886, Page 2

The larrikins; had a gay time ba> Friday night last, and ushertd m th* New Year iv the customary' sty'leyV/In'u some oases considerable • damage was done — gates were unhinged and. thrown down, the creek, and the school bell wasf"* retridved v and carried some O distinct/ •/' away, the structure to which it was affixed being broken. In another csse a citizen's meat safe was, , opened, some of its contents being 'throwtf'dom&inff^ the remainder stolen. The,fire, bell war also rung, and altogether the member** of the brigade laid themselves ? put /for a lively hour. This is a state of affairs, that all lovers of order must ragret tow see, and is.certain to land the frif^r in-* dividuals— *ho are ail rtsptctable> young men— in a rery humiliating: position. A word to the wise] itj ge** orally sufficient, and we hope, that thft hint will be taken.— Foxton pajW. Jt is estimated by*a very good author ity that over £1500 was knooked-Adowa atOtaki duriug Christmas wick and [ New Year's Day, and these are what w« are calling " hard times !" Thereriis jai-, block; at Brussels s which} comes about as near being a perpetual potion machine as can be invented,: for: the sun does the winding. A shaft exposed to the, soler rays .causes ,an up? „•, draught of air which sets a fan m motion. The f^n actuates mechanism which raises the weight ot the clock until it reaches the top, and then puts % breakon the fan • until the ; weight /bast <~ gone down a little, when the fan is again ljberated and proceeds to act as btfore.. As long as the sun shines frtquentljp enough, and the machinery does not; wear out, tlie clock is practically a perpetual motion machine.