MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1712, 2 June 1886, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Attention has been directwJ in Taranaki (says the Herald), to the perishable natim of the paint employed in paintin? lionses. Painters in New Plymouth sa te it as their opinion that in addition to the effect of the coastal climate, tie paint is affected by the nature of onr woods, may of which they say contain »n acid destructive to the elements of paints. Wood which has been exposed to the action of the weather, and as tins received a bleaching of its surface, so to speak, show*

much hfto. uIK and they wmilc n,.p-nr to favor the plan of not painting so boom -if- <>.• tho buildi»«s have W. ♦feted The close grained pines which also contain much resin, are m a remarkable degree ill adapted for ar imnvdiate coating. All colors ol paints are said to show the sarnf effects, the reason that dark paintf have been supposed to stand better than the lighter shades, being that the foi-ra«r stain the wood, and even when the coating has entirely worn away there is still the color left. The Melbourne correspondent of the Otago Daily Times writes -.-Messrs Fergus and Blair, of New Zea'an'l have obtained the contract for the constmction of the. railway tintaking from Alphington to Heidelberg at a cost of £43,000. The lint is only two and a half miles Ion?, but there is a great deal of rock cutting in. "Rough on con vs. '—Ask tor Wells' "Rough on Corns.' Quick relief, complete, permanent euro Corns, warts, bunions. Kempthorne Prosser & Co. Agent. ChristeMirch. ONE BOX OF CLARKE'S B 41 PT LS is warranted to cure nil disolmrarea from thf Urin.iry Orpins, in either sex ( ic^uirel or constitutional). O ravel, and Pains in the Back. Guaranteed free from ercury. Sold in Boxes. 4s 61 each, hy all Chemists and Patent "edicine Vendors : Sole Proprietor?. The Lincola and Midland Counties Drvg Co., Lincoln, Englanl. Wholesale the Wholesale Houses.