No Effects.

Franklin Times, Volume XXII, Issue 25, 29 February 1932, Page 4

No Effects.

A question was asked at a Gisborne Borough Council meeting as to whether chlorinated water would have any detrimental effect on the meat of the freezing works. Dr. H. B. Turbo It. medical officer of health, staled that the, chlorinated lime was not introduced into the water in sufficient quantities to do any harm either to meat or butter treated with it. The quantities of chlorinated time he had instructed the council to use comprised only half the usual dose, and he pointed out that chlorinated water was used in other parts of the country without any detrimental effects, either to industry or as drinking water.

Live Wires on Bus. When some live overhead wires sagged almost to the ground in Cathedral square. Christchurch, a crippled returned soldier had a narrow escape. Sparks slioi from the top of a trolleybus when Die wires were dragged down on to it by one of its poles foul-

ing the stays. The live wires were held clear of the bus until the power was cut off over the section. The driver apparently did not know of the incident until some seconds after it had happened. One of the poles of the bus came off the wire and the machine was stopped after about twenty yards of live wire had been torn down. The whole service was temporarily disorganised owing to the power having to he cut off for repairs to he made.