£200,000 Salt Plant Begun At Adelaide

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 152, 29 June 1937, Page 5

£200,000 Salt Plant Begun At Adelaide

ADELAIDE.—Work has begun on the construction of a base factory on the banks of the Pork Adelaide River for imperial Chemical Industries. This is part of a scheme for the production of alkalis from sea water by solar evaporation. Plans have been approved for the erection of about 20 buildings at a cost of nearly £200,000. The Port Adelaide Corporation is building a private road to the works site at a cost of £IOOO. In the meantime, the work for flooding the first section of the salt paddocks at Dry Creek is proceeding. Gradually the entire area of 2000 acres, walled in by 25 miles of ea'then boundary walls and subdivided into salt paddocks, will be flooded. The salt obtained by progressive solar evaporation and harvesting from the crystallizing pans will be purified, and after being redissolved into brine will be pumped underneath the river through a pipe line to the works at Osborne, where the alkalis will be produced. It is expected that it will be two or three years before the works will be in full production. It was almost twenty years since the old school fellows, Jack and James, had Been one another. “Well, Jack," said James, “you're looking old and worn out. What have you been doing all these years?" “Trying to keep young," answered Jack, sadly. "Trying to keep young!" echoed his companion. "Yes," came the reply, “Thirteen of €> «8> <3> ♦ A lawyer was assisting two men in drawing up articles of partnership. The lawyer went through the documents before tho final signing, and suddenly said: “But there is no mention of fire o ruptcy; these must go in." "Quits right," said the partners, speaking at once. “Put them in; but the profits are to be divided equally both cases."