NEW WATERPROOF
REMARK ABLE QUALITIES BURNLEY (England). A rainproof material possessed of remarkable qualities has been discovered in Lancashire. The new material, which is made up into hats, coats and gloves, is between the ordinary waterproof cloth and rubber-finished goods. It is capable of resisting the heaviest weather: it is very light and lias a silken finish. Although if can be made almost as light as silk, it has the advantage of being less .susceptible to tearing than the ordinary light mackintosh. The manufacture began at Burnley to meet the needs of Sir Wilfred Grenfell in his medical and scientific work in Labrador. Since then the material has been taken up by the. British Expedition to Everest. All the suits of the members of the Everest party, their tents, and the capes of the native porters, have been made from the new nyiferial.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18191, 12 September 1933, Page 7
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143NEW WATERPROOF Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18191, 12 September 1933, Page 7
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