OLD TINS.
TO BE MADE PROFIT-ABLE. "That provision be made in. next estimates," ran a clause in the Finance Commitlee's report to the City Council last, evening, "for the purchase of a tiii baling prey's in order to provide for the sale of old tins. Tho meaning of (Ins proposal was explained bv the Mayor. Lie said that the c'itv Engineer's proposal was that the council should n(.-.\t.year purchase a machine for pressing and dealing with old tins The? council has received a local oiler of 12s. fid. a ton .'for the tin.. That „. a ; ihc price obtained in Adelaide. The engineer calculated that a small margin of "profit could be made, and (he nuisance •ui'in" from the accumulation of old tins done away with. The cost would be about JM-0. The cnguieor (Mr. Morton) said that tho "i-eat nuisance in regard to the tins w-i- their bulk, and no! their weight. In replv to Councillor l.'ohen, tho Mayor roaiafketl that they could not help the accumulation of tins; they cam-3 with the. jjfuse.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1084, 24 March 1911, Page 8
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174OLD TINS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1084, 24 March 1911, Page 8
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