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Clutha Leader, Volume XL, Issue 71, 13 March 1914, Page 6

EM TO ROAST.MEAT PERFECTLY quick application of strong heat is necessary. This, says an authority, conjugates the albumen, prevents the juices escaping, and makes the meat more tender and juicy. Herein i« the reason why you can cook and roast meat to such perfection with the (fiampionlfenge The heat from the fire strikes the top, bottom and sides with great force, heating the oven quickly and evenly, and keeping it hot. The roast is beautifully browned, all the juice is retained, with the result that the meat is delightfully done and is deliciously tender. The Champion may now be obtained with open iire if desired. Free catalogue on BRINSLEY $ Co., Ltd., MaKers, Dunedin. Continental Covers. Owing to the Continental Tyre Company not being able to supply Plain-tread Covers, 30 x Z\, Ford Size, we are now selling 111. Rib Covers at the Plain-tread Price, £3 18s 6d. Book your orders with us now, as these prices will only last for a few weeks. Marshall 8 Summers, MILTON AND BALCLUTHA.

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HOW LANDSLIPS ARE CAUSED. jjm; presence 01 water m porous rocks has a remarkable ell'ect in reducing their strength, both in tension and eoniprcssion, not gradually, but immediate:y water is brought in contact with then!. A large, number of experiments on the weathering of Portland stone forced one finally to the conclusion that the. errataresults recorded han> a relation to ,satwi ration. In tests dry stone was taken, and the results compared with stono simply dipped in water, and an immediate reduction of strength of from 30 to 40 per cent, was found. In tlio ease of a cliff of chalk after a rain shower there may he a small depression in which the water collects. On the sun coming out the water dries ui> and slight cracks form. Rain water next enters the crack and with the strength of the rock so greatly red need as a, consequence the.shear stress cannot be resisted, and a slide follows. Conditions practically enter upon a vicious circle, and aro difficult to contend with.—•Engineering.' PROOF POSITIVE. On a young woman being charged with drunkenness at Thames (Eng.) lolice Court sh« denied the allegation. { Mr Leycester (to a young constable): What makes you think she was drunk ? The policeman (blughingly): She tried to kiea me. J She was fined; half a crown.