Silverfish Book Varnish
pp. 33-34 · Read in the full issue
INQUIRIES are often made for a prep aration that can be painted over the covers of books to prevent damage by silverfish and cockroaches.
The following mixture has been tried successfully over a number of years both in tropical and temperate regions with consistent success:— Shellac i oz. or 10 grams.
Creosote ... 2 drahms or 5 c.c.
Methyld. spirit 8 oz. or 160 c.c.
It is advisable to break the shellac up fairly small as it is slow to dissolve. Mix the ingredients together in a bottle larger than required for the volume, and keep shaking. This varnish is painted over the covers and it is not sticky when dry, and gives a dull surface. It will, unfortunately, dull gold lettering on bindings.—New Guinea Agricultural Gazette.
Mr. Robert Worbey, of the Fiji Public Works Department, Suva, died recently aged 75. He had been in the Colony for 20 years—lo of them spent as a carpen ter and joiner with the Whan Construc tion Co.
Miss Thora Jenkins, of Remeura, ar rived in Sydney by the June “Monterey from New Zealand on her way to the Solomon Islands to take up missionary work with the South Sea Evangelical 9ocietv. She will join her elder sistei.
Miss Molly Jenkins, of Fo’ondo, who has been a worker for the S.S.E. Mission in 8.5.1. for nine years.
Mrs. E. W. Fenner, widow of Mr. E. W.
Fenner, who for many years was Senior Manager in Fiji for the Colonial Su B^ r Refining Co., Ltd., arrived in Suva by the Tune “Niagara” to visit her two sons ana a grandson, all of whom are in the ser vice of the C.S.R. Co, Mr Peter Olssen, of the Walu Bay Depot of the Fiji Public Works Depart ment, died in Suva Hospital recently.
Only 24 years of age, he was well-known and liked in Fiji sporting circles.