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— > •FROM I'UrOPE'S BATTLEFIELDS. Cons, (EEABi-E speculation has been going the rounds as to the amovnt of ecr.'p iron and di el that Is accu.' ilstine I on t'-e I'l-V.'e: '.'s of Europe on* hoi- i' : is to bf disposed of. American companies which regularly d-'-al in f'.h old material have for some time been looking ,'orward to tl ■} harvest to be reaped from these, battle 'elds after the ■{:;<■. These i "pes have Seen ,x .-v rciely shocked ''• .'■• by •■'''ae;\ , ' ,T ; lecentiy returned from the fron.. wh«.- state that ihu matter ii nov bei'f handled by the respective gov>rmv'.aU According to the systems now established in modern warfare it is stated that a salvage corps is daily going over all the ground near the battle front exposed to fire and is gathering all the debris discarded by the contending armies. None of the scrap is neglected with steel worth Bto tats per pound and copper and ©'.iter metals in proportion. All the metals are taken to shops in the rear and there worked over to be cast into other various meta. 1 munitions that a modern army uses. All the lead that is fired is practically WWW \ buM traveUi "3 a velocity of m> feet or more per second buries it- '. self so a *'' «*o any object it hits as to T lv: f-y- Other metals, however such as tanged.steel from wrecked moto \' cars; ; large pieces o< shells, bits ofcZ V fofflV of, aluminium, etc , ar e caS into usable J.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16657, 29 September 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)

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UNKNOWN New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16657, 29 September 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)

UNKNOWN New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16657, 29 September 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)

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