Among packages which will not stand the “X " rays are those containing photographic dry plates. The rays spoil tHese goods. Objects in, a dark room cannot at first bo seen by one going in from the sunlight, because the pupil of the eye has been so ranch contracted daring the exposure, and cannot at once enlarge to admit sufficient rays of light to enable the individual to see clearly. Insurance against blindness is an actual fact. Those between the age of sixteen and forty five can insure for 3s per annum. Should they go blind they receive .£52 a year by quarterly instalments for as long a period as such blindness shall continue.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 3262, 20 October 1897, Page 1 (Supplement)
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113Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 3262, 20 October 1897, Page 1 (Supplement)
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