k wealthy Victorian squatter has had made, totally regardless of cost, a magnificent set of double-carnage harness, elaborately and profusely ornamented with his coat of arms in solid colonial gold. An enterprising American inventor, Mr G. H. Bell, has sent a plan of a rain tower to the Scientific American, by which he promises not only to produce rain when it is needed, but also to prevent it from falling when it is not desired. The Manawatu Herald declares that a special train to Foxton was engaged by Messrs Bryce and Rolleston in order to avoid stopping at Palmerston—so great was their dread of being deputationised there.
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Patea Mail, 4 December 1880, Page 3
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