SHORTAGE OF PAPER

Nelson Evening Mail, 28 July 1916, Page 7

SHORTAGE OF PAPER

CANADA'S INCREASED EXPORTS. AUCKLAND, July 27. "I am doing my best- as between the Canadian Government and the paper mills to ensure a good supply of paper for New Zealand/' said Mr W. A. Beddoe, Canadian Trade Cornro'ssioner, to a representative of the Herald, "t cabled to Sir George E. T s oster, Canadian Minister for Trade and Commerce, to facilitate shipments, and he has promised to do everything possible in the matter." Canada, remarked Mr Beddoe, lias exported over 200,000,000 pounds of printing pn.r.er more for the year ended 31st March, 1916, than for the year ended 31st March, 1915, and 1915 shows over 200,000,000 pounds increase over 1914, which year shows nearly 300,000,000 pounds increase over 1913. Mr Beddoe added that he bad just received from the Canadian Government sqiib reasons for the scarcity of paper abroad. Among them: were the interesttaken' i!n: the war, whicrl has caused a larger consumption of news print, owing to increased circulation. The materials entering into the manufacture of news paper are difficult to obtain in England, France, Italy, 'South America, and the Orient. Norway -ha-i been stripped of all pulp, and Sweden has been unable to ship during the winter. The Canadian market has been drawn on to a greater extent than formerly. American pub-, lishers during the war have been us:ng a great quantity of ipaper. The Canadian mills have not- appreciably increased their output- of paper, and shipments from Scandinavian countries have been largely cut off. France and England have not been able to get any pulp or raw material out of the Baltic. "New Zealand is not the only country short of '.paper," is the remark contained in a letter received by Mr Beddoe from Canada. "We have had requests from- a, number of other countries, but you will see the d'fliculties are 'great."