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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6150, 3 August 1881, Page 6

Seeing, then, that gas coke is about as good as coal, it may bo asked why it has not pleased all those who have tried to usoit? Theansworis— that the conditions under which it must bo bnmed, if it is to be burned to advantage, aro different from the conditions under which coal can be burned to the best profit. If, however, the very simple requirements of coke are complied with, it will not only do as well as coal, but sometimes very much betUr. Thus, for example, where there is not * lone ran to the chimney—round an oven, for instance—coke will prove more economical than coal. A. very considerable portion of the heat value of cold resides in the gases, which all co»l,-save, perhaps, anthracite, gWea off. These gases when ignited make a long flame, and unless this has room to burn in the flue in contact with the boiler or oven it will burn in the chimney to waste. But, as regards coke, the case is different. It gives off mutti heat in a radiant: form directly to the crown of the fireplace. . ■ ... ... : v

There is a Worker which;performs the hardest and most incessant tasks In the world,- yet Is generally abused and overworked; and that is .'the human stomach.- "Whit wonder, that' it becomes dyspeptic. To avoid dyspepsia and secure health, use Dr. Walker's California. Vineoar Burma, the great invigorator and blood purifier, which will infallibly cure all diseases of the digestive apparatus, the akin, livtr, kidneys, bladdtr, or blood, and restore tke system to a normal condition.—Agents :»P, Hatman i m> Co., Dunedin.—[Abvt.]