Paper Pipes.
Pii-es for enclosing telegraph and electric lighting wires are now made of paper in America, and meet with much favour. They are impervious to water, and pliable enough to resist breaking. Railway sleepers are now also made of paper, hard pressed at a high temperature, and found to serve the purpose better than timber.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1818, 1 March 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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56Paper Pipes. Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1818, 1 March 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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