PAPER MILL PROJECT
WHAKATANE ENTERPRISE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK . [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WHAKATANE, Friday A commencement was made with the work of establishing a paper mill at Whakatane yesterday when 2500 sleepers, the first shipment of 18,000 required, were landed at the mill site wharf. The contractors for the construction of the company's railway to link the bush with the mill commenced work to-day. The preparation of the mill site involves the expenditure of £30,000, and it is expected that contracts, for the erection of the mill and equipment will be let early next year. The whole project is estimated to cost £500.000 and the output to be 30,000 tons per annum. The directors anticipate that the mill will be completed and working by the end of 1936.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22166, 20 July 1935, Page 12
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