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Among 1 the new applications of cotton is its use, in part, in the construction of houses, the material employed for this purpose being the refuse, which, when ground ...p with about an equal amount of straw : ;id asbestos, is converted into a paste, and .■iis formed into large slabs or bricks, which-acquire, it is said, the hardness of -lone, and furnish a really valuable build..n: stock.

Certain English naval and military napcrs are deploring a scarcity of men for Hits Royal navy. It is recorded that the stock of seamen had fallen to such a low '/bb that two ship? fitting out, requiring 800 men, would about exhaust all the :i mailable material; and even then a great v-iiiny young seamen, not to say boys, would oo sent afloat before their time, while of ii dined men the disparity would be still greater.

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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXI, Issue 7231, 3 May 1884, Page 6

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Untitled Lyttelton Times, Volume LXI, Issue 7231, 3 May 1884, Page 6

Untitled Lyttelton Times, Volume LXI, Issue 7231, 3 May 1884, Page 6

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