PAPER FROM TREES GROWN IN NI

Wanganui Chronicle, 2 August 1947, Page 6

PAPER FROM TREES GROWN IN N I

LACK OF MACHINERY FOR ITS MANUFACTURE

(p A , Auckland, Aug. 1. Big improvements in the quality of paper produced in Australia from New Zealand-grown insigms pme could be expected if it was made commercially in the Dominion, said Mr. V. C. Rapson, inspector in charge of the Engineering Division of the Stat Forestry Service. , , Mr. Rapson had just returned from Australia by flying boat after awning trials which were carried out at various paper mills in the Commonwealth. As machinery to carry out the process did not exist in New Zealand, and was difficult to obtain from everseas, he said, the country could not look forward to having its own industry for a number of years. However, when the problem of plant was overcome, it would be possible for New Zealand to produce sufficient newsprint for its requirements. “In judging the standard of paper produced, it should be remembered that it was a short experiment and the mills did not have time to adjust themselves to new materials involved in the process,” said Mr. Rapson. "Machines were not able to become adapted to the changed conditions, which operators also found strange.” Mr. Rapson paid tribute to the administrators and operators of the Australian mills, for the co-operation and assistance they had shown during experiments.