COMMERCIAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18068, 20 April 1933, Page 11

COMMERCIAL

NEW NON-INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL Three mills situated on the outskirts of Mteichester have been bought for conversion into factories for the mass production of a new nori-inflammable, nonconducting material, which is claimed to be jin efficient substitute for wood, metal and other substances. It may be an important factor in preventing such fire tragedies as that which overtook the .ffncg l’Atlantiquo, and, as shown in iSfent cable news, is the subject of elates for £1,965,000 against sixty-nine insprera. The invention of a Manchester electrical engineer, the product was originintended solely as an insulating material for high-tension switchboard wolf. But in laboratory tests during the 1 ‘bast two years by one of the biggiest electrical engineering concerns in the world the real potentialities of the malarial were realised. A company |ias beeii formed in London, and the friaierial -will be commercially produced for insulation. work. The inventor claims that Ihd' Bubstance"has even greater resistto fire than asbestos, and will be made entirely frofn British mineral cornpodhds. Tilings, wills and floot boards calf be made from tho material at competitive prices, and can be made in any colpf except pure white. The new discovery is expected to become an important factor in electrical engineering, hoisting, ship building and hospital equipment. The Okitu Co-operative Dairy Com-’ paril has paid its suppliers on a basis of 7d pel’ lb. for bntterfat supplied during’ March. The total payments made by the company are largely in excess pt the’"total for the corresponding nionth last year, however, for the hutterfat supplies are more than double those of last year. The new season’s ’Down lamb from jjW Zealand is how at it 3 best and very reenable in price. Shoulders run from 8d i lb and legs frorip 10d, or loin can be had at 91 a lb, states a London paper of March 10.