Scrap leather is usod for various purposes, including manure, the manufacture of heels, glue, dolls, children's shoes, washers, etc. Sometimes tho greases and tanning materials contained in the leather are extracted to bo used again. Burnt leather is a material much iu demand for use in the "hardoniug of metals. .. A device to savo carpentars from pick'ing up nails has been invented. This consists of magnetised clips, which the carpenter fastens to his tingei's and which draws the nails to his hands.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3179, 1 September 1917, Page 3
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82Untitled Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3179, 1 September 1917, Page 3
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