Heating

With Built-in Heating

IN the foreground, in front of this new building (below) of the new Burns Philp store at Savusavu, Fiji, is a petrol pump. It is the centre of argument and some re crimination.

A little while ago, a small gang of Fijian labourers, digging a large deep hole for the petrol tank, com plained of the heat. The matter was not taken seriously—they were told to get on and finish the job.

The job was finished, and the tank and pump installed. In due course, cars backed in for fuel. Then the people concerned woke up: The petrol coming out was so hot that the nozzle could not be held. The loss from evaporation was startling.

Hurried investigation showed that the pump had been installed right over the underground channel by which the water from the Savusavu hot springs (100 yards away, on the right) reaches the harbourside (50 yards away, on the left).

The pump closed down and a harassed engineer went over from Suva, in December, to see how the unique situation should be handled.