Mind and Matter.—Agustus (poetical) ; “ i ook, Edith ! How lovely are those fleecy' cloudlets dappled over theEdith (prosaic): “Yes. ’Xactly like gravy when it’s getting cold. Isn’t it f’—Punch" A resident at Brighton, England, state# that chalk can be used for fuel as a substitute for coal, or in combination with it. He says that he has studied the matter carefully, and finds that ch l}t inay be hurni? witfcooai, the result being a Saving of 30 or 40pfer t Cbnt. of the latter. This is an in England, where the demand for coal ii exceeding the supply to an alarming extent/ rendering the price so high that it can id be borne by the poor, and is pressing hardly upon the manufacturing interests. Herein New Zealand, our large deposits-of coal are scarcely touched upon at present; and it wnl be many a long year, if ever, before New Zealand colonists will have to try expen. ments to ascertain what can be dona chalk, as a substitute for coal.
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Evening Star, Issue 3094, 18 January 1873, Page 2
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168Untitled Evening Star, Issue 3094, 18 January 1873, Page 2
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