SCRAP METAL FOR JAPAN.
The remnants of several old coastal steamer* are being shipped to Japan—in bits. Breakers armed with oxy-acety-lene burners have sliced iuto pieces the decks, plates, frames and miscellaneous parts of a number of hulks which were lyinji together alongside the* Western wall. Yesterday a thin metal shell, all that remains of the Apanui, was towed to the Central wharf with a cargo of oddments for Japanese buyer*.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 155, 2 July 1937, Page 7
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71SCRAP METAL FOR JAPAN. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 155, 2 July 1937, Page 7
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