NOVEL EMPIRE ROPE TEST
EXPEL lA I EN T W I TU S I SA .1 / Eondon, Jan .17. The two oak chests that have been tfastemU to the .Jeiul of Southend pier, more than u< mile out at sea. are there, it is stated, for a scion Liiio experiment lhat will probably bring Prado worth ij2,000,000 a year Lo tlie British Empire I In. the chests, perforated, to let in the water at Jiigh. tide, were hundreds of yards of sisal hemp and ma'nilahemp. For a year their strength and durabil'ty when exposed to sea water has been tested. Experts on the committee appointed by the Imperial Institute ha\e found that the sisal rope (British) as as good as the. uuuiila rope, 'which comes from American dependencies, if indeed, it is not better.
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Feilding Star, Volume 6, Issue 1352, 12 March 1928, Page 7
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