Jerry building apparently is not a modern development. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Concrete Institute in London the president advocated in relation to stability of structures a return to the practice of Hammurabi. King of Babylon in the year 2090 B.C. That great law giver enacted that if a house fell and killed the occupant the builder should be slain, end if the wall shifted the damage should be made good out of the builder’s own personal proparty. . . Don’t take risks with your new invention. No matter how novel and valuable it is, there is always a big element of danger unless you have it patented. For advice concerning the .protection of pateeits apply to Henry Hughes, Ltd., the old-established Patent Attorneys 157 Featherston Street, Wellington.—AdW,
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 128, 23 February 1921, Page 4
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128Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 128, 23 February 1921, Page 4
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