REPAIRING BROKEN PIPES.
When a petrol or oil pipe breaks on the road it is useful to know that a roadworthy repair can be effected with a simple cork. It is only necessary to use one of fairly large size, bore through it from end to end a hole of slightly smaller diameter than the broken portions of the pipe, and bind firmly with wire or strong cord. In this way a leakproof joint can be effected, which will last until such time as the car can be garaged and the fractured pipe repaired properly. Another good temporary repair can be made by using a short length of flexible rubber tubing.
Excavations have begun at Colchester, England, on the site of the pre-Roman town of Camulodunum, which is threatened by a new by-pass road.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18653, 23 August 1930, Page 10
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134REPAIRING BROKEN PIPES. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18653, 23 August 1930, Page 10
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