SCRAP METAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 81, 5 April 1940, Page 9

SCRAP METAL.

COUNTRY-WIDE COLLECTION. SCHOOL CHILDREN TO ASSIST. (By Telegrajjh.—■Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. With the double purpose of assisting industry and augmenting the National Patriotic Fund, a proposal by the National Patriotic Fund Board to launch a national campaign for the collection of non-ferrous metals has been given the approval of the Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser. To ensure the success of the campaign it is essential to have the co-operation of children in primary and secondary schools. To this end the boaxd ie circularising education boards and governing bodies of schools. Lead, brass and copper are in somewhat short supply in industry to-day, t>he circular states, and the collection, it is believed, will be of assistance in the Dominion's industrial fields of activity. The suggestion is to collect one metal at a time for a period of a fortnight, beginning, for example, with lead for a fortnight, to be followed by fortnights for brass and copper. Each metal is to be kept separate, with a view to eliminating costs of classification by merchants to whom the metals will ultimately be sent. The proposal is that metals shall be held by schools for later collection, to be arranged by the National Patriotic Fund Board. There is no suggestion that competition- between classes or schools should be encouraged, and it is also felt that children should first obtain the consent of parents or friends to contribute pieces of scrap metal.