Panama, New Zealand, and Australian
Steam Service. The following payments have been made on account of this service :—: — £ s. d. July 9,166 13 4 August 4,583 6 8 September ... 4;583 6 8 2) 18,333 6 8 £9,1G6 13 4 > ================= NiTKO^CrLYCF/nrN-E. — A method for rendering that highly dangerous substauce, nitroglycerine, non-explosive, without permanently deslroyin« its properties, has just been cliscoVcccl. It is not unlike Mr (bale's method of mranq gunpowder wilh powdered glass, and consists simply in mixing the nitro-gly- : cerine with methylic alcohol, or vood-naplha. '! So long as the two substances remain together the compound is perfectly innocuous aud ' non-explosive. When the nitro-glyccrine is required for tise it is separated by washing the mixture in watei", by which the naptha is set free.
The following answer is recorded of the Empress Eugenic to p, French marshal who expressed to her his admiration for the courage she had displayed during her recent visit to the cholera patients at Amiens : — " Monsieur, e'est notre nnmiere d'ulleran feu "-?{" Sir, it is thus we go under fire.")
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West Coast Times, Issue 329, 12 October 1866, Page 1 (Supplement)
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172Panama, New Zealand, and Australian West Coast Times, Issue 329, 12 October 1866, Page 1 (Supplement)
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