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AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHES NEWSPRINT INDUSTRY By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 12.35 p.m. SYDNEY, To-day. The Institute of Science and Industry reports that its investigations regarding the production of paper pulp were highly successful. They showed that the use of certain varieties of Australian timbers for the commercial production of paper was a promising proposition. The work of the institute has aimed mainly at the production of soda pulp for high-grade papers. More recently the sulphite method for newsprint had been investigated, and had given such promising results that the production of newsprint was being undertaken in Tasmania on a one-ton per day plant, and if the results continued to be satisfactory, establishment of an industry on the basis of an expenditure of from £5,000,000 to £6,000,000 in the course of the next five or six years was assured. Very promising results had been obtained from pinus insignis pulp, which was found eminently suitable for the manufacture of strong brown paper. Large quantities of this timber are available, and the council is arranging for further tests, which it is believed will lead to commercial exploitation on a large scale.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 102, 21 July 1927, Page 11
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