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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6254, 2 December 1881, Page 3

The summer season has now fully sot in, and many are complaining of tho heat- Those who study their health and comfort will, with the change of season and temperature, mako alteration in their clothing. T. McMaster has made full provision for the wants of his customers, having opened his second shipment of Summer Goods, which makes his stouk very complete. A choice selection of Lace, Cashmere, and Net Fiehues, and Capes, Millinery, Dresses, Muslins, Parasols, &i;. Gentlemen will also find a good assortment of Silk and Alpaca Coats, Helmet llats in Bilk and Cashmere, and a great variety of Shirts and Socks suited for present season. We advise our readers to sec T. MoMaster's stock before making their purchases. This is the way we manage our coke :— Kitchen Range : Clear out ashes, filling grate about half full of coke, upon this we place our kindle wood and coal. Small additions to the coal should be made until the lire is well lignted. "We have arranged our iires in this way for many years, and think it the quickest, best, and cheapest fire to be obtained from solid fuel. Sitting lloom : Lay in your kindlings in the grate either with or without some local coals, upon tlieso build up a heap of coke, the higher it is the better. A coke fire will last throughout the winter evening without required to be replenished. Coke, being smokeless, presents many advantages to householders Now, a word to owners of small steam boilers. Coke is much cheaper than coal for raising steam in short boilers. Two excellent illustrations were lately given in the 'Engineer. In one, a small vertical boiler without tubes, actually evaporated nearly 91bs of cold water per pound of coke. With coal the same boiler could at most have evaporated slbs—that is, if the coal could have been fairly burned at all, which is doubtful. In the other, with Welsh steam coal, the evaporation was C*66lbs of water, and with gas coke, the conditions being tho same, the evaporation was •lib of water per pound of coke City" Hair-cutting; Rooms.—Francis J. Shortt, Hau-dresaer by appointment to His Excellenc. tho Governor. Tho most complete, fashionable and best appointed liairdrcssing establishment n Auckland: Magnificent American hair-cutting chairs with latest mechanical improvements, arrived!? j m Chicago by last mail boat; every gentlemar i !.: separato brushes, towels, and shaving anpli -aces The singeing apparatus is a speciality ;»nd mos beneficial ta eases of weakand falling hair. Prices i as usual.