TAR PRODUCTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 221, 16 August 1927, Page 7

TAR PRODUCTS

VALUABLE DISCOVERIES. AID IN MEDICAL TREATMENT* \ RESEARCH IN BRITAIN. (By Electric Telegraph,—Copyright;) ! RUGBY, Aug. 13. j New industrial developments in the j British Midlands are expected to result j from researches conducted over three I years at South Staffordshire by thei, Mond Gas Company, of Dudley Port, ; into the fuller exploitation of tar pro-! ducts. . ! The company’s managing director! claims that a substance has been pro- j duced superior to creosote as _ a pre- j servative, and is protection against the j ■ravages of the white ant and dry rot. { Another discovery was that by blend-! ing different varieties of bitumen and reducing them to a colloidal. state a paint could be'obtained to resist corro-. sion in iron and steel. There is also a derivative which provides a powerful germicide and which is not poisonous' and is non-irritant. For medical treat-' ment this has great efficiency in reach-j ing deep-seated mischief and promoting! the growth of new tissues. The research staff believe that these discoveries are only the precursor of more important devolpments in the field of fine chemicals. Meanwhile an extension of the manufacturing activi* ties is promised.—British official wire* less.