"KRAFT" PAPER.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 70, 22 March 1916, Page 6

"KRAFT" PAPER.

RISE OF £4 PER TON. Users of what is known in the trade as "Kraft" paper—the brown used for wrapping up parcels, will require to pay ;£4 per ton extra for the next lot purchased. This fact has been notified by the N.Z. Paper Mills, Ltd. The present i rise is due to the increased cost of the wood pulp, which, strange to say, has to I be brought all the way from Sweden and Norway, as hitherto it has not been found possible to get quotations for wood j pulp from Canadian mills. It may be assumed this is due to the fact that the Canadian millers prefer to sell the manu- . factored paper rather than pulp to encourage au industry in another country Prior to the war "Kraft" paper was quoted in Anckland at 23/- per ton. Since then it has advanced £8 per ton, as the freights have increased enormously, as well as the cost of wood pulp. What the limit in price is upwards cannot be estimated while the war lasts as cable advice was received yesterday in Auckland that the quotation for "Kraft" paper in London had advanced to £40 per ton. With such high figures ruling in a market close at hand difficulty may arise in securing supplies of wood pulp at anything like a reasonable price in New Zealand.