N.Z. PROCESS ADOPTED
ROOF TILE PRODUCTION AUSTRALIAN FACTORY SYDNEY, April 28. A New Zealand process for the manufacture of concrete roofing tiles has come to the rescue of Australian home builders. A factory recently established in Sydney, with machinery manufactured in Melbourne on the New Zealand pattern, is now in full production and has secured an immediate contract from the Housing Commission for 1.000,000 tiles. These will be ready in June. The tiles are manufactured on the strip principle and are available in all colours. The State Minister of Housing, Mr. Clive Evatt, said that the end of the tile shortage was in sight and. that many houses which had been without roofs for months back would soon be completed.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22316, 29 April 1947, Page 5
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120N.Z. PROCESS ADOPTED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22316, 29 April 1947, Page 5
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