There were two matches in the second division of the Foreign Basketball League stated on the Pavilion' floor on Welnesday night. The South Seas representative: triumphed over the Nibs 38 to 26 and the Mia: bury School trounced the Jewish Recreation Club to the tune of 61 to 9.
The game between South Seas and Nibs was closed. The Nibs had recently made great improvements jin shooting and general tactics, Although they were beaten, they put Up a very good exhibition against the fast overseas boys, 'The Hanburiany had a walk-over with the Jewish team. In the first half the School scored 29 points against their opponents' 5. After crossing over the difference of the score was even greater, the count being 32 to 4 in favour of the Sctovi.
A conference on tar was held at tha College of Technology, Manchester, om Friday, under the joint auspices of Socleey of Chemical Tndust Institution. Gas Engineers, and Oven, Managers' Assceiation.
jegetion from the British. Aluminium joration attended to. impress. the makers. of tar with their special quirement Mtr. W. Gordon Adam dealt with dis tilled tae dey and said. that, wing to the, introduction Of tar int foademaking to-day, oather had. bus Fire effect" upon any properly oad, 'Certain' methods "or, materials ther, fu tar "ated Shoe Father. inclined to rack Undee sive roads tht, Wore 'Trans iatia showed, "Howe Mien frost ov show, 'Recent Miniotey tier, that gri the London and' Cine Svteh, London, Carts, an and' London-Vortsmonth roads. only 6
Seen that small quantity: way a. pane cent ae bitumen was aod 3 final cause of _gransinese "of surface,
thaterial were. (1) thit in the past hie tsang of ta ta ron Properly "refined" tar. garelesaly ald fight' under "unusual "conditions "of weather tocome injurious to fish owing surface drainage reaching. streamag {G)"that owing tothe lock of worthy, Siendard, specication tarred roads. for stood up to trafic la the expected, Mr. Adam suggested a specification® for tar which he said, was based experience and might be' relied on to. (give a frst class article well worth it Extra cost. The specification demanded Star more exclusively fiom the ears lionization of coal, with not more thaw 10 per cent. of ite. volume from dise
carburetted water-gas, the speeife tilities preduord in the manufacture, Bravity to be not lower than LIS 80" "deg, "Pahrenbelt specified contents Sele, "naphthalene, and "tree envbon find ith a viscosity determined by ths, Hutchinson "tar tester, He asserted! that soft pitches were in general none toxic to fish, and said that the Dra prietor of one of the largest. from Farms. in the country had" had the, whole of the roads and paths rount 4 his rearing and stock ponds constructed" win minis "atorprooted with well-known branded tar compounds,
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