WOOL FIRES COMMISSION.

King Country Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 8, 14 December 1906, Page 2

WOOL FIRES COMMISSION.

The task of determining the cause of fire on wool laden ships, is still occupying the Wool Fires Commission. Last week, at Pelone, after conferring with Mr Vickery Burridge, for the purpose of determining the amount of. moisture to be added to the samples of wool to be experimented upon, the various classes were packed and dumped, and stored under conditions as near as possible to those obtaining in a ship's hold. Daily observations will be taken with regard to temperatures, and in this manner considerable liglu should be shed upon the problem of spontaneous combustion in wool. The value of the experiments from every standpoint should be great, and it is hoped that widespread benefit will result. As all the different classes of wool will be subject to the same conditions, the important feature of which class most readily lends itself to the cultivation ' of the troublesome bacteria, should be discovered, and this alone will enable those interested, to lake proper precautions when shipping. Some time must necessarily elapse before the result of the investigation is known, and the report of the Commission will be awaited with interest.