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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8878, 14 May 1892, Page 5

In a recent issue of Iron, it is stated thai an important and a progressive step is about to be realised in connection with the art of farriery. The Compagnie des Tramways de Paris has recently tested a horseshoe made of Bessemer steel, which is fastened on the hoof cold, in a few minutes, without the employment of a single nail. The shoe is similar to the ordinary iron kind; but possesses in front a bent lever, which attaches itself half-way up the hinder wall of the hoof, without in any way compressing it. A clamp, also of Bessemer steel, then encloses the hoof, parting the two heels of the shoe, and supports itself on the top of the lever, which wholly sustains it and prevents it, in consequence, from compressing any portion of the wall of the hoof. The shoe is fitted with three small interior clamps, which penetrate the horn of the hoof and prevent displacement of the shoe without the preliminary raising of the clamp. In addition to the horses of the Compagnie des Tramways, which, furnished with these shoes, do their twenty-one kilometres (thirteen miles) per day, several private Parisian firms have experimented with the new shoes, with, it is said, perfect success. The latest form of horseshoe will, it is considered by many in the French metropolis, sooner or latter, revolutionise the farrier's industry. Cadbury's Cocoa. A Cocoa of the highest degree of Purity and Nutritive value. — Health. The Medical Annual advises practitioaers to remember that when recommending Cocoa £ a food and beverage for invalids, the name Cadbury on any packet of Cocoa is a guaran- > tee of purity.