MAKING OF PAPER

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 16639, 7 August 1930, Page 11

MAKING OF PAPER

New Zealand Industry Since its inception in 1921 the Forest Products Branch of the New Zealand State Forest Service has been studying the Pulping and Paper Making properties of New Zealand woods, including both native and exotic species. The results of these technical investigations were presented to the Forestry Section of the Scientists’ Congress at Auckland on Friday in a report by Mr A. R. Entrican, Engineer in Forest Products for the New Zealand State Forests Service. One of Mr Entrican’s most striking conclusions is that it is possible that New Zealand may become eventually a large exporter of Forest produce including both pulp and paper. Altogether, 15 New Zealand grown woods were examined, including three native soft woods, four introduced soft woods and eight native hard woods. Of the soft woods, Insignis Pine and Kahikatea yielded strong, but somewhat creamy ground wood pulps, sulphate pulps of fairly good colour, and strong sulphate pulps for wrappings, etc. Rimu, too, yielded by the sulphate and soda processes, a good grade of “kraft” stock, and although only a soda “kraft” pulp has been produced from kauri, just as good a product should be obtainable by the sulphate process.