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The old "joke" to the. effect that matches are not going to be made any longer "because they are long enough" must be revised, for, according to the American Bureau of Standards, they are too long. The bureau found that cigars and pipes required from six to fourteen seconds to light, with an average of ten seconds, while lamps, lanterns and cigarettes were lit on the average in half that time. A match, however, will burn about thirty seconds, and it is this extra time during which the match if discarded still burning causes fires. It is possible that a match with a treated stem to limit its life may be introduced.

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Auckland Star, 9 July 1928, Page 14

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Untitled Auckland Star, 9 July 1928, Page 14

Untitled Auckland Star, 9 July 1928, Page 14