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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6289, 13 January 1882, Page 3

"Shipped in good order by J. and R. Jfor!r.y, London, on I oard l.'io^ooilsbiii Coromaiulel, -i coses Merchandise, to!'o delivered link' J. M. Mi'LAuifUN importer, ii-2. Queen-street, or to his assi-ns' iu like good order. In witness wheroof the mister bas signed 3 Mils of lading. D iit ed i u London, 31st August, ISSI. <Sign«l) W. UciKlry." Those goods will be opened for the Christmas 1.-jliil.iys, .uid cSniffit of laaius summer hosiery, Oil to *j.i • lnuli.i α-mzn n:uinel, 2s lid : silk umbrellas. Cs 11,1 to 2Ss ; l.'"c> silk velvet, 4s Gd to 12s Od ; new linen co'lars and new scarfs for sentlemvn ; also, ujoblineof summerdresses at Old, worth Is ml; n-id 1200 yards at U. original price Un ° is of vcry a,ipei - ijr This is the way we manage ovr coke :— Kitchen Kange: Clear out ashes, tilling grate about half tnll of col:e, upon this «e placi our kindle wood and co.il. Small additions fo the conl shonld bo made until the fire U well ligntcd. V,'c hsv.-iirrangod our llres iu this way for many years, and think it the quickest, best, and cheapest tiro to be obtained from solid fuel. Sitting Room : Lay in your kindlings ia the grate either with or without soac local coals, upon better. A coke lire will last throughout t!°e v.-intor evening without required to be replenished. Coke, being smokeless, presents many advantages to householders Now, a word to owucrs of small steam boilers. Coke U much cheaper than coal for raising steam in short boilers. Two excellent illustrations were lately given in the Engineer. ]u one, a small vortical boiler without tubes, actually evaporated nearlv 91bs of cold water per pound of coke. With coal the anno boUer could at moat have evaporated Mb3—that is, if the coal could have beeu fairly burned at all, which is doubtful. In the other, with Welsh steam coal, the evaporation was (iCdlbs of water, and with gas coke, the conditions being the same, the evaporation wae ■]lb of water per pound of coke