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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10020, 6 January 1896, Page 5

In connection with the fruit industry, and notably with its export from those colonies to the other sido of the globe, a very important point is the preservation of tho fruit in its transit after being shipped. Many methods of preservation have been tried from time to time, and while some have been utter failures, others have been partially successful. Tho latest experiment, Sublishod in the Yorkshire Daily Post of ctober 3, appears to bo of a somewhat novel character, and is as follows Sir Saul Samuel, Agouti-General for New South Wales, has just received at his London office a parcel of fruit despatched from Sydney at the end of July, which has been preserved in transit not in an ice chamber, but by an innocuous coating which excludes the air and arrests decay. The exact nature of the preparation is not disclosed, bub it would appear to be something of the nature of collodion, and oranges, lemons, and pineapples, by being simply dipped in it, are coated with tho preservative, which easily peels off, and is said to chubo no deterioration in the quality of the fruit. Of course, only hard fruit can be thus treated, and at present tho method is in the experimental stage, but its development will be watched with interest, in viow of the large trado which has sprung up with Now South Wales and Australia generally in fruit for winter and spring consumption in England. . Painless Uokk Duke. — This preparation completely cures. the most painful corns, bard or soft. A few appllcalions only required to deaden the pain. It Is also most useful ill removing any 'ihlckenina of the epidermis, or horny portion of tho skin. Full directions attached to each bottle Price One Shilling,-J .Chemist, Auckland.