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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 08, 1950
Page
3
American Army scientists report a calcium acrylate mix that converts watery mud into a cementlike substance, hard enough to bear 35 ton weights after 48 hours. Promises all weather Australian and New Zealand roads at low cost, easing repairs on vast dirt networks.
At a meeting Harold Raymond argued that sand and silt banks formed since the river closed to navigation delayed water outflow and worsened floods. He urged rapid water release in rivers like the Bellinger to reduce flood risk, noting erosion and three entrances after the flood with the new entrance now functioning deeply and wide.
Instructions describe mixing Bex powder with honey in an egg cupful and dissolving slowly to ease sore throat. It can also be dissolved in water and used as a gargle with care to swallow the solution, providing both external and internal relief.
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