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Nelson Evening Mail, 15 May 1917, Page 6

N-sw experiments have brought investigators <to the conclusion that certain fishes are cuided in their migrations bv highly-developed senses of smell and touch. The fishes, it is declared, recognise the presence of slight traces of acfas and alkalies, and herrings .prove sensitive to changes of a fraction of a degree in temperature. "The cleanest town in the world is said to be Broek, in Holland. 'lt has been famous' for its cleanliness from time immemorial. The yards and streets are paved with bricks of different colours, and kept so scrupulously clean that. a lady could, in fine weather, walk anywhere in white satin slippers without fear of soiling them. {Recent tests have justified the conclusion that cold water pipes suffer comparativelv little damage from freezing, whilst frozen pipes of the hot-water system burst four times as frequently. Test tubes of boiled and unboiled tap water were exposed several times to varying temperatures below freezing-point. The boiled-water tubes,invariably- broke first At the end-of the experiments 44- of these had burst and only, four of the un-boiled-water tubes. The boiled water formel clear, solid ice, the unboiled, ice filled with air bubbles t«hat .relieved, Ek6 cushions, the pressure caused by freezing. in .reference to enquiries as to whether the retail prices of butter recently fixed by the IBoard of Trade, namely, Is 7d per lb for •'May and Is 8d per lb for June, July and August, could be increased by extra charges for booking orders and delivery, the Board has decided' that the prices mentioned must be the maximum and no additional charges must be added. Great inconvenience is caused to the watersiders at 'Lytteifcon by the restricted train service.. The watersiders aremost anxious to procure the despatch of food ships, but the present time-table-prevents them working this class of ships the hours they would like to. The committee of the Union have passed, the following resolution: "That as a union we aro not -prepared' to work any ship after 6 pjn. until #he original train service has heen .reinstated up to 9.45 p.m. Our union is only too anxious to Tget food, ships to England, if the railway authorities provide facilities. In the case of a certain steamer, the committee has "decided to work her till midnight, which proves our sincerity on the grave matter of food ships."

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