If considered size for size, an ordinary thread of spider silk is decidedly tougher than a bar of steel. An ordinary thread will bear a weight of three grains. This is just about 50 per cent, stronger than a steel thread of the same thickness. No 1C Schemois in the boom at present and the Srarr-Bewkett Building Society is here to assist No. .10 builders by giving them the cheapest money. You are urged to join No. 10 Group of the Society. The weekly rc-paymcnts on loans are 2s 6d per £IOO. £330,000 has been loaned to members. Apply for particulars at the Society’s Offices, 21 Rangitikei Street.—Advt.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 243, 11 September 1933, Page 7
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108Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 243, 11 September 1933, Page 7
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