SALES OF TAR
WANGANUI CITY PROJECT EXPLANATION BV MR. (I. HL TROTT At the Citizens' League meeting In the Keith St. Hall last night, Mr. G. H. Trott, the Mayoral candidate, was asked it it was true that a Wanganui firm was receiving a royalty on all tar sent away from Wanganui. "Would it not be better," the questioner asked, “if the tar was used on our own streets instead of being sent away and the money paid to this firm spent in the interests of Wanganui?" Mr. Trott, in reply, stated that soma years ago. before he was a member of the City Council, the department was faced with the problem of how to dispose of its surplus tar—the works department could use only a small proportion of it—when the firm referred to approached the council with a view to disposing of it on commission. As they were agents for roadmaking machinery their business' brought them in contact with tap users and they thought they could dispose of what the council could noj use. “Many of the gas manufacturers in New Zealand have difficulty in finding a market for this by-product and hava to use the surplus for fuel,” stated Mr. Trott. Personally, he thought tha council was very fortunate in profit, ably disposing of its tar at such a very small cost.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 102, 3 May 1938, Page 6
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224SALES OF TAR Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 102, 3 May 1938, Page 6
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