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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 146, 22 June 1877, Page 4

' A, correspondent i^tZ^e, Scientific American recommends the ;Use <of <«aier in the torm of spray as the beet fueestibgui^her. He lVa^ r: -^i-;" yVatiir operates,.. in* extingi)i'stijpg; .jjir^.by ajb-' sorbing ; the heat] .and, reducjug; „tbe temperature of the burning substance ao low that fire canuaot exist; and;ba the amount of heat that 'wl^e^'Wfll absorb depends on the amount of surface of water in contact with the flre, the more surface we. can cover with a given amount of water the better. A fame: is the principal propagator^of fire; to arrest it is the first thing t<[Jo, and as it is mora than three thousand times lighter than water, aridcin mo3t cases a mere shell or curtain, a fraction

ojf an inoh thick, the extreme absurdity oi trying to subdue it with solid streams of water will be apparent. If .aj man as a sportsman were to fire au ihch ball into a flock of humming bjirds with the intention of killing as many as possible, he would be regarded as a 'idol : But if he;.fcere tpj&Jit] ifcjj< inch ball up, and ca6t it into shot onethirtieth of an inch -in diameter, he . Jvjould have 27,000 such shot, and their v a g&F e S ate surface would be thirtytim^s - t greater than the iock I'ball^ I^W to load his gun with this sh^tjunjif; )fire into the flock at proper' distance, ' tjie slaughter of the little beau£ies 0 would be terrible; and if a firaman u «|ould divide up his stream into spray, eo that he could cover hthTfty* liMs&A i^ore flame, he might expect a corresponding result. The glob'uleKofit^ter Would be so small, that a large portion qf then?; would be heated Ihitough and converted into flteamj^nd aB steam oontains five times more heat (latent) tpan j. [boiling water, we gain a great ajd vantage in this. Steam is also an ' Excellent estiDguiaher,<and, thjaj^ja'ian additional advantage. ,As a large portion of the water/is oonv'elted; int.a ; steam when applied in the form of spray/a small amount [serves, and the damage by water is very small." I The South Canterbury Times, in a leading artiole, says:— -One of the best and most efficient soldiers' #hom it was e|ver the good fortune of the Government of this Colony to secure for its Service— we allude tp Major ;G^ordon — ! > left New Zealand some days ago, disgusted with the treatment fy*? receivetdv at the hands of a number of pedantic ijed-tapists, wbo surroundthe Ministerial : thrones at Wellington. And since, the new,s has reached us, that, T anq thetr. dis- rtinguished officer, who,' in' years golae - py., : mhde his mark (.tftntiqg^tbefh M^f < jrpubles of the £%orth Island, is about to depart - from bur' 1 shores' ° and°3oTtf tfW Sijrks ia, their struggles agamstßujßia^ f couaße v?e do not refer to any *of the members: bf the Timaru ,t¥olonJf3erContingent; no, God fotbid. that inlhe, jroublous times which'kre^nb^ WMliife' £head, the country of their adoption Should be compelled to be deprived of the services of a single _one of their purabbfyyli is of Lieut.-Cdlop| £ Bffip Harrington that we wish to "spea\, |T his offioer, who for T period served idis»ioctioj_ ir« l (&g^Royal Marioee, came to this Colony to settle some fourteen years pgp4 ( i; Y\fhen the Maori war of '64 broke out, the Government was glad to avail itself of his Services, aod in the Waikato, as well as Jn the East Coast, Colonel Harrington endered valuable assistance, both in the field and as an organiser. The late Sir Donald McLean, when Defence <- Minister, set considerable stress upon the results of his zeal and ability. But, ,as was the. - case. ,.. .with, Gordon, the political whirlir gig of the Vo^eltfm Vj period, — s when log-rolling of the inbet despicabfer '" kind became the rale and 'Uot the ex-fception.-^-seized holdhbf CQj.pne}, Harrington,and hewaßr aocpfdingly'ifiung aside. To Major ' ; Gordon uwe 1^ are |odepted for one of the .'isosta truthful and fearless reports upon'the; miserable - coadition Of the volunteer and militftpleoaent in this colony,- — which - was bv/er placed upon the .. r (ab|e. M qf. the- Houße of, Represe'ntatVvifs. u fl i .|"B-|tj k pis; .candour' . when . endeavor ing to~ * assist- in }e-organißing that- Hydt^:with many heads, cost the Major his rank in ' ihe'-'eervice, and in due course he found iumeelf out of employment. "Both" ' pet/fi-Gblon&l Harrington. andaMaj r dr Gordon, we find, are now going to l enter 'the Turkish BeV?iee, :, wKke'i, ,i^-s N tbe-by,' are (already to be jf bund sSveral*" r pfficers who have aerved lj under the. polbniaf Government. Major Find^ r more, once a weil-khowtTWanganur f auctioneer, ia doing weliha&ong the 'urks, where he rejoices in the name f;Flnriimote : -pasha; ; Z a'Z oi ™P