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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 6 March 1928, Page 3

Rejecting the offer of Americans to sell their secret process for a large sum, Marine Industries, Ltd., with its base at Port Stephens, has succeeded independently and made the first Australian commercial shark leather (says the Sydney ‘“Guardian” of a recent tlate).' Behind the success es the skill and patience of one of the _ cleverest leather experts in the Empire. Mr. Frank C. Coombs, a son of Mr. John Coombs, of North-East Valley, Dunedin, and now professor of chemistry and tanning at tiie Technical College, Sydney As a Government official,- he tackled'the problem for the sake of the new industry, and applied and improved on methods originally Suggested in England. The samples are from three different types of shark —the tiger, the whaler, and the grey nurse. Strong, flexible, and free from grease, they are also attractive in' grain, colour, “feel,” and odour. The tigei gives a coarse, bold grain suitable for the manufacture of travelling cases. Shoes and handbags could be made from the finer-grained whaler, and cases, trinket boxes, etc., from the grey nurse, which is distinguished _bv its parallel lines. Marine Industries, Ltd., now contemplates expansion. It will probably move from Port Stephens, in order to find calmer waters in a semi-tropical region of the coast. Gales and storms have interfered with the coastal fishing in this State. The company does not depend on leather alone. Oil, fins, and meat are all marketed. The fishermen use the gill net, which bangs like a vertical curtain touching the sea bottom. Sharks entangled in it nearly always “drown” before reaching the surface, for their furious panicky efforts to get free apparently stop the gill action. HEBE’S YOUB CHANCE. Send 2d in stamps to Chamberlain’s Ltd., 520 Eiley Street, Sydney, N.S.W., and a free sample of Chamberlain’s Tablets will bo sent by return mail. Once you try Chamberlain’s Tablets you wit’/ quickly appreciate their widespread popularity. Sold everywhere.— Advt.

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