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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18457, 21 July 1923, Page 3 (Supplement)

DIESEL-ESTOINED LOCOMOTIVES. .Representatives of the Russian Govern- : sment in Berlin ■ have : contracted for the ;.Oaus'truction in Germany of a number of Dicsel-engined locomotives. '..The new locomotives will cost about twice as much as steam locomotives. But this is counterbalanced by their ability to do without water in a part of that country where it is somewhat scarce. This feature will permit the extension of railways into sections of Russia where they are now non-existent. Part of the new locomotives will have electric drive, and the remainder will have hydraulic transmission. .':■".'':■' \y f * ■« ILLUMINATED rGEOVES..^" : '::.; '■'i $ A. .novel' illuminated gauntlet" glovs for nlotorists and traffic controllers has ; been invented. On the back of the glove are two ! electric lamps, one re I, the other .-'White. "•'* The red light is user?, -by motorj".laibs , "vrhen . turning oK sfepphig, and • the; i-whito light is used for inspection,- read J.tig signposts, .ormaps.''..'. The > battery is •cijrjfied In a gm&JI pocket ; on the outside of "•tfieyg&iratle*. ; .'..On. lie inside of the. 'thumb and 'two fingers , are small metal opntact, points, and: to .light the lamps ■ph&. simply closes the finger on the; thumb.. | WHAT A CAMERA CAN DO. \ . . What happens when an electric! globe is dropped? We know that' it smashes up into * a ' thousand fragments, : but ; V a cinematograph camera, "which takes'five thousand- separate photographs in a second,, has shown ;•■ that .the ; complete break-up of the globe takes place in the twentieth'of; a second, Mr. Walter' Hope, F;R.S. ,■ has lately ; shown at the < \ Royal Society some of the photographs he hsw obtained with this new marvel of • photography." It is ' now being; used at Shoeburyness fos recording what happens when big guns are fired. ' ■ , ',

HOME NURSING Amateur nursing can • never be as perfectly efficient as professional nursing, but; it can be very good. ; The trained nurse stands a, good chance with her patient not only because she ; is, highly skilled, but, because she ift simply ? " nurse," busy on her' own chosen work, and not an anxious mother or sister adding sick nursing to numerous other duties. ' This is usually .':; the amateur 'nurse's chief stumbling block — she is a relative of tho invalid. Casing for each other, and concerned, for each other, they .react in a '.way. that ; does, not '/..promise well for the : patient's, rapid recovery. A stranger'brings -.with her a tonic . influ- | ence, But' happens :'' frequently i that E(»m« member/of"; the family falls . ill, not dangpJ:ou'3ly;;. : 'ii.iid is tended' by the other inmates of -the house. ; This ; places a /greater, strain on them than ;is often j recognised; in consequence, .some V hoiaa-'OTrsinij : becomes rather haphazard. ThoMirst thing; to j /be remembered all the time is that' tha patient is ill, That sound? absurd, you may think. :. But the invalid's relatives often make : ; the mistake ;of involving her in • family discussions; _ they do not realisie-thatshe must" have quiet, of mind at i all! costs— be . temporarily cut - off - front ail/ worries '. and arguments. ;••';"'■ Quiet in ' the. house 1 ; is of equal, importance ; those who ; are; frequently up arid down stairs should wear felt slippers. Little ■;: comforts i should ;• be ''} thought out in the -sick room-rthere > should be a table near the bed ' for cooling drinks and fruit, or any permitted ? alleviations. If necessary, the bed. should be moved so .that . the light falls in the best way for, the patient's eyes, ••-: particularly if .reading /-is possible. "Little things, are important '.things in time of illness. .