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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 558, 17 August 1920, Page 3

A London correspondent writes:— "Here is something for the boot- | makers to take note of. I am told | the "strict quiet" that the American authorities are experimenting with leather from sharks and porpoises ! Th> experiments have been going on for some time, and the authors claim that excellent soft leather can be made in this way, r.nd that it is "useful for uppers of boots. It was a bright young man, I hear, who first suggested the idea as a means of solving the problem of bringing down the price of boots. So, 111% be, before long we shall be treading on shark hide. What use is a shark anyway ?

Thf,itype will often play pranks jAjK&tfiat a reporter tries to say— in this extract from newspaper: "The bride, away by her father, im tfress of pale bridegroom. She was attended by the hat, and carried a bouquet, the gift of the pink taffeta silk and a large dark-blue bridegroom's two little nieces."