SCRAP STEEL

Grey River Argus, 31 July 1940, Page 9

SCRAP STEEL

For Britain CHRISTCHURCH, July 30. An investigation into the amount of scrap tool steel available in Christchurch for export to the United Kingdom is being made by the Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association. . The decision to make the investigation followed receipt of a letter, through the Manufacturers’ Federation, from the Factory Controller (Mr G. A.. Pascoe). In his letter, Mr Pascoe said he had been informed there was_a probable market in the United Kingdom fop scrap tool steels of the high speed and carbon varieties. It would be understood, Mr Pascoe said, that there were many tool's, such as drills, reamers. and lathes which reached the stage when they were no longer ot use for the purpose for which they were obtained. “I feel, that if an appeal were made to all those using such tools, having yields of a certain amount of scrapi or no further value, to save them b e prepared to hand them over to u central depot from where the ernment would arrange to ship them to the United Kingdom, a good response would be met. ’Generally, the letter eonunueJ, <ndividual yields would be small, but in the aggregate reasonable tonnages “ver a nAod ebould be available.