“NOTHING NEW”
COMMENT BY MINISTER P.A. WELLINGTON, Aug. 14. Practically every country in the world with the necessary timber resources had a pulp and paper industry, and to supply the whole of New Zealand’s pulp and paper requirements would tax considerably less than 5 per cent, of its State exotic resources, said the Commissioner of State Forests, Mr Skinner, when the report from Rotorua was referred to him this evening. He added that the establishment of a pulp and paper making industry in New Zealand had been talked about for years, and there was nothing new about the project. No other comment was available from the Minister, but it was ascertained from other sources that although several sites for pulp and paper manufacturing works had been investigated,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19470815.2.86
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 26540, 15 August 1947, Page 6
Word Count
127“NOTHING NEW” Otago Daily Times, Issue 26540, 15 August 1947, Page 6
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in