PAPER BAGS FOR POTATOES
I Brown paper bags of five thicknesses [instead of jute sacks contained a small portion of a cargo of Tasmanian potatoes recently landed in Sydney. The bags have been designed to eliminate damage from y rough handling and water seepage. An official of the Potato Marketing Board of Tasmania said that the bags were much smaller than- the jute sacks, and could be handled comfortably without the aid of hooks, which had caused considerable damage in the past. Tests made in Tasmania before the potatoes were shipped illustrated the water-resistant quality of the paper bags. A garden hose was trained on them for four days, and even then the water had penetrated only two thicknesses of paper. The contents of the bags were undamaged.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 78, 29 September 1938, Page 12
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128PAPER BAGS FOR POTATOES Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 78, 29 September 1938, Page 12
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