GENERAL NEWS.
Bark Fibre for Wool. If we go abort of woal, resort might be had to the bark fibre of Went and East Africa, which.in said to be an admirable material
for mixing with wool, a mixture of 50 per cent. preserving fally the wool character of the yarn. The fibre in pliable and soft and could be spun at any rate in mixture with other fibres; it han sorew enda-an important quality. It would be very cheap. When there is plenty of cotton and aboddy, these materials: would probably be preferred by manne fofurers, but that is not the case now. Bark cloth hse long been used by patires.---Colonial Journal.
Papuan Oil Search. Melbourne, April L-For some yaara Dr. Wade and a party of experts employed by the Federal Goverment have been searching
for oil in Papua, but it is not yet known whether or not the island contains the mineral in payable quantities. The new Minister (Mr. Gly) has some faith in the undertaking. He mid yesterday that he was doubtful whether the plant now being used by Dr. Wade is capable of. ́meeting the requirements of the test. Experts had laid it down that no tras teat could be made. natil bores had been sunk to a depth of 1,000.
The bores st
Papa were now down 700K, and he was awaiting forthe sicking before taking say definite setion in the matter.
Savings Certificates.
On 22nd February, 1918, War Savings Certificates were firet sold to the public, the actual namber sold on that day being 2,204 By June the average daily issne bad reached 126,198, the total issue for the month was 3,281,105, and the aggregate issue to the month's close 7,000,000. In July War Saving» Wock was observed, and 2,926,035 cer- tifontes were sold, while in the following week the number rose to 3,039,383. Since then it may
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