A NEW INDUSTRY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 117, 20 May 1941, Page 6

A NEW INDUSTRY

AUSTRALIAN NEWSPRINT

(0.C.) SYDNEY, May 17. Australian newsprint was used in the entire production of a newspaper for the first time when the "Sydney Morning Herald" published its issue on Monday, May 12. The newsprint was produced by Australian Newsprint Mills Pty.. Ltd., at Boyer, Tasmania. On the same day, Tasmanian newspapers published special displays on similar papei\ Entry into the commercial production stage this week is being marked by special features. The Hobart "Mercury" refers to the work in a leader as the realisation of what may be regarded as an ambitious dream, and expresses the hope that in the near future, with the installation of the second and third units, Boyer will be producing two-thirds of Australia's newsprint requirements. It also directs attention to the position that the attraction of industry to Tasmania is undisputed proof of the magnet the State possesses in its hydroelectric scheme. The mills at Boyer went into production on March 17 and some time later newsprint produced by them was used experimentally in the production of several pages of a "Sydney Morning Herald" issue. The new venture is particularly valuable at this time, because it will make possible a reduction in the imports of Canadian newsprint, thus assisting to preserve Australia's dollar credits. The Canadian importations to Australia will be reduced in proportion to the production at the Boyer mills.