FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 29, Issue 18, 6 March 1917, Page 2

FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

RICE BREAD. It is found that an excellent bread can be made by incorporating about one-fifth rice flour, according to experiments .made in France, and such bread according to Prof. Maurel, stands a good comparison. Since France imports large quantities of wheat, there might be involved an economic question of much interest. On the other hand' M. Mesurer is occupied with preparing actual samples,v and he had loaves with 18 per cent, of rice baked in the ovens of a public institution. On examination, the bread proved of good taste and general qualities. WATER FINDERS. The Queensland Land Department employs two ofiicers, ofiicially designated "water-finders.” One works with the automatic finder and the other with the old-fashioned twig, one checking the other. A remarkable demand for their services has set in. In fact, it 'is impossible to meet all the requests in a given time. A report was recently submitted to the Lands Department on the result of their operations in the Shire of Murgon, where they conjointly Selected a number . of sites for wells. Seven cases were quoted. In one, water to the amount of 600 gallons per hour was struck, the pump being unable to reduce the flow, 'in another, 350 gallons, and in a third 150 gallons, were obtained ; while in two other cases good supplies were obtained without any estimate of the quantity given. One farmer went 20 feet and obtained a small supply. Another struck salt water. The farmers had to sink from 75 feet to 280 feet to get the better supplies. COLOURED BANK-NOTES. The Bank of England is the only bank which always issues plainlyprinted white paper . bank-notes, whatever their: value. Other countries use printed notes in colours. The Russian notes are printed in all the colours of the rainbow.' For the one-colour Russian notes, blue, yellow, or bright purple inks are- most favoured. The 100-franc note of France is printed in' four colours—blue, pink, black, and yellow. German notes are mottled, while those of Austrian banks are extremely vivid in colour and are Sprinted in two languages, Slav on one side and German on the other. A Swedish fivecrown. note is a little yellow thing, .while that for 800 crowns resembles a big blue for Swedish notes vary in size according to their value. Everyone has heard of the American "greenbacks,” so called from the green ink from which they are printed. PROTECTIVE COATING . FOR SMALL ARTICLES. Small articles of metal may be conveniently protected 'against corrosion as follows The apparatus necessary may be lit,prevised from two tin cans, one larger than the other. The larger cau is partially filled with a mixture of one part of a cheap varnish and two or three parts of wood alcohol. The articles to be treated are put into the smaller can, which has q number of holes punched in it to convert it into a dipping basket. Lowering the small can into the varnish mixture, and agitating it up and down a few times, will thoroughly coat the articles, when the small can is withdrawn and allowed to drain for a few minutes to get rid of most of the superfluous liquid, and the pieces are thrown out on to a tray of wiie mesh to complete the draining and to dry. They will be ready to pack in a few minutes.

At one meal a Jap will eat three or four bowls of ■ rice, each half as large again as a large breakfast-cup, in addition to his other food, the rice being merely an accessory like bread, <