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Greymouth Evening Star, 9 November 1944, Page 2

BALLANTYNES of CHRISTCHURCH are represented in GREYMOUTH b y MR. A. T GILLIGAN Ranfurly St., Runanga. » —‘Always cd your service”— Telephone 788 S Greymouth. CHRISTCHURCH and TIMARU

WHAT. IS HOME WITHOUT COMFORT? '9' $ Bißll Wil ' ' ? ■’'"' ■% \ ißßif : s ;<i ? xb \MV Si You will be fired. < with new en* [ | thusiasm when | | once you see | ?lie splendid cob b lection of really fine furnv lure we have displayed in our > ■■ showroom—you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the moderate pricing, too. Moreover there >s no : need for a cash settlement ... choose your re- ; quirements for immediate delivery and arrange : lo : ' pay for them by means of small weekly j amounts. spread with a generous allowance of : time. ; HARLEY & Co. Ltd. I COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS, ‘ ■ MACKAY STREET.

CONVERSATION, PIECE fc®V* : ZH 5 ? , ; r i ■ Aft'* 7 ■<~ t ? •. ft ? »V ■*->, jrs-X M 9& ■■ "-i # ' >P /N? ZtP®%T « s \'f : f V// t J C,- '..V. - :' t N* ■ » : X J -;X. X< ' : ' /• ' , N ' '■ - Qr"C xxX ■ a v 5 : ' / " \ ! ’• ? ‘ ...fV 7 ; : : , /'< W-r '-AW ’.. \ . ■ : /f \ '*\ . • \• ./ ’. ' ; MX\ x 1 here’s a vast difference in the underclothes of the -raughty nineties” and the "modern forties.” No longer ago than our mothers’ day, these were made from vegetable fibres (cotton and hum) or animal fibres (wool and silk). Cotton of course, was cheap but it was harsh, while silk was too expensive for the average women. However, in 1850 Chemical research by a process of mercerising, improved the softness and appearance of cotton, and then went a step further and created, from wood pulp or cellulose, silk like fabrics which we now call Rayons. In both these improvements the chemist was only building on natural fibres, but in the past decade he has shown in the production of Nylon, an ability to create his own raw material, and to produce a fibre that is an improvement on natural silk. At the moment Nylon is playing its part in the national effort, and will net be available to the public until the war is over. The modem girl has good reason to be grateful to the chemist who has brought .soft and beautiful fabrics within the reach of all. f l No. ii of the “Services of an Industry” series inserted by SKFERSAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (N.Z.) LTD.