GREYTOWN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3426, 4 February 1890, Page 2

GREYTOWN.

(From Our Own Correspondent). Although harvesting and the various kinds of work requiring unskilled labour are just now in full swing, hardly a day passes but swaggers are observed passing through the town, As news of the past week has only a local significance, I pass on to report last night's performance at the Palaco Hall of Mr W. S. Maltby, " the champion fancy and trick bicycle rider of the world." There was a large attendance in the galleries, whose frequent bursts of applause can be only understood by a sight of tho marvellous performance, which opens with (apparently) a female with flowing locks,. and m sylph-like apparel (a first rate got up) mounted upon a bicycle whereon she gyrates and perforins much in the fashion of a circus rider, and with the exception of jumping through a hoop goes through a series of evolutions that must bo seen to be believed. Then, after an interval, during which a crowd of skaters occupy with evident enjoyment the large floor of the hall, Mr Maltby appears in bicyclo uniform upon his machine, whereon he seems ■"quite at home" in his acting, shifting his logs from sido to side, sometimes' riding -backwards,—one legged—stretched out upon the rest upon his back-springing upon the seat-riding upright—standing upon the seat rest—fc, in every attitude, doing " tho statues" to perfection, and winding up one of his parts by placing the two wheels of the machine upright upon two common Austrian oano seated chairs, then gradually ascending the. machine, which is simply balanced, not in anyway attached except against the backs of tho chairs, until he gets to the seat rest upon which .he at last stands in a graceful attitude for a lew seconds holding the audience spellbound, then descends amidst thunders of applause, His next part i 3 the riding on tho single big wlwol, during whioh ho unscrows the guiding bar and flourishes it about whilst riding with the feet only. Then he goes through various evolutions upon the wheel without a guiding bar, and winds up by riding the wheel round and upon its own axis and concludes by the most extraordinary gyrations upon tlie little wheol with its con. necting bar, The ontertainmont is both novel and astounding, a performance in fact beyond all credence unless witnessed, Tho Greytown band was in attendance, playing some appropriate pieces during tho performance with their usual ability. Tho electric lighting of the hall gavo the" tout ensemble" a really brilliant appearance for the time being," Sterilised Milk.

An endeavor is being made to transfer the manufacture of sterilised milk from Norway to England, the expensive freight between the two places being found to militate against the extension of the industry, At a meeting to consider tbo project a large tin, which had been closed for three years, was opened, and it was (omul to consist of milk and large clots of cream, all perfectly sweet. To bring these into milk containing tho ordinary fat, they were gently pressed through » fine strainor, which caused the cream to mix again with tho milk, Prepared in this way milk will not, it is said, turn sour so readily as ordinary milk, and Dahl's milk has been known to keep sweet and good for five days after the opening of a tin, at a teraperaturo of 90deg, Fahr, 'The flavour of the milk was very much like that of boiled milk allowed to beoomo cold, thouqb it is understood that the milk never roaches boipng point, Tho process of manufacture i 3 briefly desoribed as follows:—The milk when taken trom tho cow is cooled down to ordinary temperature, and then placed in tins which aro hermetically sealed. In this state it is exposed to a higher temperature, and kept at thia heat for a certain fixed period, after which it is allowed to cool down to a lower temperature, at which it remains for somo time. It is then again quickly heated to a higher temperature, and this alternative heating and cooling is repeated threo times, when, tho milk is found to be completely stereo, not a trace of any organism or germ being left. The three successive heatings and coolings are done at different temperatures, in order to dovelop and destroy spores and germs, after which the milk is completely sterilised and rendered incapable of conveying disease of any kind, like raw milk can. The heating is dono after tbe milk is'- placed in the tins, which are arranged in a cage, and dipped into a tank, healed by steam in such a way as to sccuro perfect uniformity. of temperature. A plan is adopted of exhausting the air from each tin before it is soldered down. By localising the roaunfacure, It is expected that a quart tin of sterilised milk can be retailed at 3d, For home consumption, the sterilised milk and cream can be put in. bottles as well as in tins, whioh latter a,re best suited, for exportation and consumption on shipboard. The atoariised milk is already used on the mill steamers of two or three companies,

Pean Fritzpatrick, a Yfelkknown Roman Catholic oleYgyman, died in Melbourne reoently, aged 80,