NAIOULI DWELLERS.

Dozerdust, Volume 1, Issue 17, 9 October 1943, Page 2

NAIOULI DWELLERS.

# THERE is a saying among N.E, SOLDIERS that you are ready to go homo, not when you start talking to tho naioulic, but when they answer you buck V so far no one in tho WORKS SERVICE has had oven a whisper from the trees, but one ox" two interesting details

of the tree have boon learnt. * *’* ONE 'would not suspoet that after coffee, eppra and cotton, the three main agricultural products of the country, comas ” gome no 1 ” or naiouliessence, a. type of eucalyptus oil. it io-' obtained by macerating tho loaves in a current of steam or by means of. a s still ’« about one pound of bshonoc is obtained from one hundred and twenty pound of loaves. the oil so obtained is rich in cineoll which contains 66% of oucalyptal which is extras ordinarly effective in the relief of pulmonary diseases and at the srmo time is a powerful antiseptic, being eighty times as powers, ful a* candy’s pryetals® * * * THE wood is excellent for framework of buildings, and, although difficult to split, it can be usood for rails for farming purposes, when used for fencing posts it has a life of at least eight years, if the bottom portion of tho Posts ard first burnt* it is said to bo impervious to decay under water and is .used extensively in bridge building and for culverts. * * * ONE of the unusual features of the tree is in the height of summer A'ho bark of '.no 1.-co catches fire and away she goes*, tho trunk of the tree is protocod by a thick bark which may bo p<. old off in very fine layers which resemble slightly brown tissue paper* it seems that the barH acts as a rosovoir in the dry season, but in the summer ( tho wot season J. boat is generated in much tho same way as in a ensilage silo® whisps of smoke soups from the.trunk and soon tho tree becomes a R veritable torch !t as tho oil loaves are caught in tho flame® ** * THE roots of the tree are also covered, with u.thick bark which fulfills the same function-as-that on thd trunk, tho troo covers at least one third of tho surface of tho island, and for that reason it is sometimes derided because of tho groat monotony it lends to tho country side. tho absence of the tree would mean grout patches of' oarx’cn.land that would bo useless to cattle without shelter from hot winds and sun,/while the danger-from grass fires in the dry season would bo. very real® it is claimed that tho bark itself has groat insulating powers and has been used in place of the black tape used by electricians*

•r "PANHADLE Johnston defends his . sideboards and board,." my board grown so quickly and razor blades' aro as scarce as hen’s tooththat i took tho short cut-- leave as little of ray face to shhvo as possible s . u ..easier on the aye too"panhandle© '

s maoale is handy man about camp® was hoard, to cay 11 1 can do anything . o A s 3 m» says one, thing ho cant do : call at office for answer*

CHEERIO DOROTHY) GRAHAM, GEOFFREY, MUM, DAD & RELATIVE'S... .AU my LOVE* 808. XXXXXXXXXXXX