Amateur Engineering.

Southland Times, 30 June 1885, Page 3

Amateur Engineering.

TO THE EDITOR. Blß,— What next 1 is the question asked, for I rotice in your paper, that the Borough Oouncl met last Thursday to consider harbqdr matters only, arid I have: no' doubt, they ' consider they have done a Stoke/ for I notice ' they" have left tie Mayor to do this and that. They have llso agreed to take up part* of the training wall, Itfow, is this their Engineer's advice? What /wasthe use of-' getting Sir John Doode's advice when webave so many olever engitfleiß ia the Oonocil I • Tbie » what :hey nave done at their first meeting ; if they go 01 in the same manner it will be a poor iook-out for the (own— l am, Arc, Baibpater. Inv<rcargill, 27ih Junf,lBBs. . ;

Bonis.— The bone indnstry is an important 6np. Tbefou? feet of an ordinary.; ox will make i pint of npatofootoil. Not a bone of i any atimal is thrown away. Many cattle • hphin tones are shipped to Europe for the" inakinj of knife handles, Where they bring '• £8 pet ton* The. thigh bones are. the most, valualle, being worth £16.pf r ton for gritting : into toHh-brnsh handles. J" The fore-leg bones are worth £6 per ton, and are made into '■ collar parasol bandlesj and jewellery, thongi) sheep's legs are the staple for parasol ! handles. The w^terin^whichthe bones\are boiledj is, reduced to glue, the dust fwhch comes from sawing the Dones is fed to cattle 'and poultry, andall bones that cannot be'^qsed (as notid, or for. bone black nsfld in reflrting Ithe angar we'eat, are made into fertilissrsi and help to enrich" the soil. '-' Howi to. Enjoy Cpld7.Wrathbr. — Take Bomefchlng to warm yo"u u and'.which* Vill;at v the saihe t'iiae give ybn strength and vigour.- No-; thing \§ll do'tßis and keep brit the cold better^- ■ aud be more "CDinforting, than a" hot, fragrant ; ciap of ''Cadbnry'B Gocpa^Essence.' '■■.■■- Oongas, colds,' bronchitißi 4c, are qaickly onred by using Baxter's ? Lung "Plreserver." This old established medicine is pleasant to the palate, and highly extolled by members of tie medical and clerical, professions. Can be re* oommended.— <£.'. Bailey, . Chemist, := Tay, street AtrenV,^ ■ . . "..., . ' .'. ..V . " ""' : - i '- Scott's Emulsion of pnre Cod' LiveFOil with Hypo phosphites is especially adapted to all conditions where the tissues are wast ng away from inability to digest and assimilate ordinary food. The combined rvjrtues of the^ Cod Liver Cil and Hypopkosphites produced marked effect in such c ises. They restore thewasted tissues, create an appetite, 1 - make new-blood, heal the ioflamniation of the throat; and lungs, and increase the flesh. In short, they form the finest combim d food and mediciue that can be given the invalid.