Sydney.—A Sydney youth, Leslie Francis Morvan. aged 17. after washing his body and clothes in an inflammable liquid, on reaching home went to the bathroom turned on the gas heater and lit a match. He burst into flames from head to foot. His father put out the flames by wiapping a blanket round the boy, who suffered severe burns to his head, arms, legs and body.
Farmers ! For splitting the toughest log* use an Artillery log splitting gun. The splitting gun is a round steel bar bored to take a charge of powder and pointed to allow it to be driven into the log. Tho": fuse is inserted in a touch hole drilled in" the side of the gun. No boring and cuts labour and material down minimum. The log splitting guns are made in two >izes, the standard priced at 21s and the [ larger specia. size priced at 30s. Farmers, eee these log splitting guns in our hardware department, Collinson and Son, Ltd.. Broadway,*
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIV, Issue 171, 19 June 1944, Page 5
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