SCRAP IRON

Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1937, Page 2

SCRAP IRON

SEARCH IN BRITAIN. DEAIANDS OF DEFENCE PLAN. ' LONDON. August 17. Tiie bumble local scran-iron merchant. with his donkey and cart, is to play an important part in the rearmaI nieiit ol Britain; states a writer in i jbe Daily Telegraph, London. Through He imeiiov of local dealers, the iron i mid steel organisations hope to reach j the Imaids of scrap which arc known Ito lie hidden in countless, homes I throughout Britain, i To launch the campaign for the recovery of scrap-iron, a novel luncheon was give in London by Cleorge Cohen,

Sons and Company, Limited. It was held in their scrap-yards at Shepherd’s Bush. The luncheon tent was set amongheaps of out iron and steel* relics of engines, motor-ears, bedsteads and girders. A speaker at the luncheon told how he Hid found five hundredweight of old metal-Tiruken garden tools. liedsteads and household fittings—in a casual search of his home. “A million homes in this country could produce ?s

much in as short a time, ’ lie said. ‘‘That would mean AT),000 toils of vill-

i' liable 'ron and steel scrap lor tho steel-makers.’' The Earl of Dudley, who presided, j emphasised Hint this was a time of | national emergency. He nrnl a letter from Sir Thomas Inskip, .Minister for

the Co-ordination ol Defence, urging j I hose at the luncheon to do all in 1 their power to collect and make use of

Brit/iin’s hidden scrap treasure, j ‘‘\V<. steelmakers are doing our best, but. we cannot get ahead until we lniva full simply of this vital raw material,” said Lord Dudley.