PAPER MILLS
WORK COMMENCES AT WHAKATANE fPu United Pkbss Association.] WHAKATANE, July 19. A definite commencement was made with the work of the establishment of paper mills at Whakatane yesterday, 2,500 sleepers, the first shipment of the 18,000 required, being landed at the mill site wharf. The contractors’ for the construction company’s railway to link the bush with the mill are commencing work to-day on the line and the preparation of the mill site. It involves an expenditure of £30,000. It is expected that tenders for the erection of the mill and equipment will be let early next year. The whole project is estimated to cost £500,000, and to have an output of 30,000 tons per annum. The directors anticipate that the mill will be completed and working by the end of 1936.
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Evening Star, Issue 22085, 19 July 1935, Page 5
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