A Hint For Islands Painters
pp. 65-66 · Read in the full issue
WHEN you have a brush that is so heavily crusted and stiffened with hard, dry paint as to make cleaning almost hopeless, let it soak in creosote, advises De Meric Pty., Ltd., Sydney manufacturers of creosote, coal tar, etc. Many old brushes can be economically reclaimed this way.
Other products marketed by De Meric Pty., Ltd., include a variety of standard disinfectants, highly concentrated insect and germ destroyers, which are invaluable in Islands homes for com batting flies, mosquitoes, and other pests. De Meric disinfectants are made in all types—liquid and powder, sprays, moth-balls, etc. —*** Mr. Stanley Higgs, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Higgs, of Messrs. W. R. Carpenter <& Co., Ltd., well-known in New Guinea, enlisted in England in a Lancers regiment, at the outbreak of war. He was engaged in the fighting in Prance, and was wounded during the evacuation from Dun kirk. He is making a good recovery from his wounds.
Flight Lieut. G. J. I. Clarke, of the R.A.A.F., who was serving overseas, was officially reported missing on September 25. At the outbreak of war, he was Assist ant-Flight-Superintendent of Carpenter Airways, and was well-known on the Papua-New Guinea run. He was one of those associated with the survey flights of the new Carpenter air-liners, in April, 1938.