[?]er) Mouth
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[?]ming At The [?]er) Mouth [?]y Help Sugar
PLAINTS in England that nthetic detergents might irmfully affect public health ;s, led to a report by a special y committee which should n sugar producers, if not growers. report indirectly suggested a ir sugar in the manufacture itergents which would not in the rivers and waterways itain the accumulations of foam that have become ir sights since the popularity p waned. But it did NOT nend a return to soap, irgent-caused difficulties at ; works included foaming to ent that caused nuisance and ie cases could endanger public ) the committee reported, foaming retarded purification ses and gave rise to more late than usual in the it, with possible adverse on the amenities of rivers /hich it was discharged, m l their ability to support fish !ant life and their use as a of drinking water, committee said there had io evidence so far of ill-effects letergent residues in drinking or crockery drained dry it rinsing but it emphasised he question of human inges ver a lengthy period needed irm study. recommendations included: ifacturers of household tic detergents should invest!the feasibility of producing it washing products based on als which can be readily id or eliminated and will not persistent foaming.”
International Sugar Journal iick to point out that, while ents based on sugar were not sally mentioned in the report, lust undoubtedly figure prom- J in the investigations the ttee recommended. ly are easily digested by both
animals and humans, and present activated-sludge methods at sewage works will almost certainly handle Journal saW difficulty,- the journal said.
In addition, they are poor to moderate fearners. Thus the major disadvantages of present detergents are eliminated by the sugar-based products, which have excellent detergent and emulsifying properties and are comparable in production costs.” — - ■ t Vasiti Yalayala, a 15-years-old Fijian schoolgirl from Lautoka, arrived in Sydney early this month to attend Burwood Domestic Home Science School. She was brought to Australia by Mrs. Eileen Meyer, of Strathfield, Sydney, who met her when she was a nursing sister at
the Lautoka School Mrs. d hopes V,“ will matriculate, and eventually be come a nurse or a phjsfotherlpfe lasiti plays basketball, will loin a tennis club, and will take up goli p g 1 Maui Pomare’s September cargo “ om Auckland to Rarotonga in cluded a consignment of kauri and j? ur J Ba tree-fern logs for the manu tacture of polished inlaid wooden ornaments and curios at the new Finnegan paua-shell processing
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The founder of the Societe Tiebaghi, Mr. Emile Chalas died in Paris, on June 27, 1956 The Societe Tiebaghi operates the world’s richest chrome mine in Northern New Caledonia at Paagoumene.