GLOVES FROM EEL SKINS
N.Z. EXPERIMENTS “PARTICULARLY SUITABLE” [ Per Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 2. Eel skins may shortly be used for making gloves in New Zealand, said Dr. R. O. Page, of Woolston Tanneries, Ltd., when addressing the annual conference of the New Zealand branch of the Royal Sanitary Institute. Dr. Page said the skins were particularly suitable for glove-making, and attempts were now being made to use them. The future of the industry, of course, depended on the number of eels available. Fashion affected the animal world in other curious ways, he said. “The world-wide demand for snake and liz-ard-skin shoes was creating a problem in some countries. In India and Java so many of the reptiles were killed for their skins that there was a danger of the insects on which they fed increasing out of all proportion. The tanning of kangaroo skins in Australia was now a big industry, a total of 1,000,000 skins being treated annually.
Measures required for protecting the health of tannery workers were dealt with by Dr. Page, who mentioned that in New Zealand anthrax was not encountered.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 27, 3 February 1939, Page 9
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185GLOVES FROM EEL SKINS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 27, 3 February 1939, Page 9
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