AN ENQUIRY.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1362, 3 December 1884, Page 2

AN ENQUIRY.

To the Editor. . Sib,— Would you kindly let me kaow what isthe cause of the English Church ringing their btll m the morning at halfspast seven r-r- thet»ame time that the Koman Catholic Chapel ring theirs f I would like to know whether, it is for Vespers or High Mass, I am, &c, ■-•■■■• EnQTTIBEB. [gDtne difficult and peculiar ques.ions are put to us at times, and the foregoing is not a Wad sample of ilia class. We will," however, endeavor to afford our correspondent the information desired. From inquiriesmade we are led to the belief that the primary cause of the bell ringing is that a rope attached is pulled at intervals by a man i whose duty it is to put forth the requisite physical effort- The mechanism by whbh the pull made by the roan causes the instrument to oscii'ate and produce - gouad has been explained to "us, but the details ate somewhat too techm«»l for the general reader. Our correspondent may; however, rest assured that if everything is m good wording order the bell will ling when tbe rope is pulled with sufficient strength. The fa^t or the bell ringing at the same time as that of another Church may, perhaps, bo a remarkable co;neii'ienu\ or a pro >f that the timepieces of ooti^ sextons are sfc.-sngely m accord or synTuTon"o"us..~"Wer treHewwo-aro-corifct m raring that the bells are not rung ! m the moming f«.)r vespers, owing to the fact that it is impossible to celebrate vespers except at the other end of the day. We may finally remark that our correspondent weuld have spared us a deal of laborious j resea* eh had he known that a bell is used to rail people, together for various purposes, including auction sa'es and collections. Had lie been aware of this, and made it his business to visit the Church m question at 7.30 a.m., be would dogbtless have discovered the purpose for which the bell was rung. — Ep. M.D.T.]: