SALVAGE IN BRITAIN
VAST QUANTITIES (Recd. 9 p.m.) Rugby, Jan. 2. During the third year of the war salvage authorities in Britain have collected vast quantities of waste materials for the war effort. For instance 300,987 tons of metal—an amount which could provide five air-craft-carriers, five battleships and three cruisers; 22,975 tons of rags, which could provide 1,000,000 men with battledress, overcoats and blankets, plus 200,000 square miles for charts; 11,576 tons of bones, which could make 1160 tons of grease for lubricating oil and cordite, plus 1737 lons of glue, plus 579 tons of feeding meal for cattle, plus 5211 tons of fertiliser; 299,223 tons of kitchen waste, which could feed 180,000 pigs from birth till bacon time. The yield of rubber was 11,408 tons.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 2, 4 January 1943, Page 3
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