WASTE MATERIAL

Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21664, 26 February 1942, Page 6

WASTE MATERIAL

SAVING CAMPAIGN

EXHIBITION OPENED INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS “Every ounce of metal you can send in contributes another ounce for victory. Give it, and bring it to help the boys at the front. Metal makes munitions; waste is sabotage; waste material is war material—if it is used aright.” This is the theme of the exhibition of war weapons made from waste material, on display in the premises of Messrs Barton and Ross, Victoria Street. The exhibition is in Hamilton on a Dominion tour arranged by the National Council for the Reclamation of Waste.

Opening the exhibition yesterday afternoon, the Mayor, Mr H. D. Caro, said it was intended to show people all over the Dominion what could be done in saying various articles, especially certain metals, in common use in homes, offices and shops. “If v/e have the materials we can make weapons of war, just as the people of Britain done,” he said, “and these weapons will and must be used in the defence of New Zealand. The British Commonwealth of Nations and its AJlies are hard pressed, and it is our duty to help even if only in a small way individually.” Two Days To Set Up

The exhibition is in the charge of Mr W. Monks, of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, VVellington. Its unpacking and setting up from the furniture container in which it travels took two days, the weight of the exhibition being two tons seven hundredweight. Mr Monks gives a running commentary through the two “mechanical men” during the display. It was stated that contributions of suitable waste material, especially certain metals, could be left at the Borough Council’s depot in Ward Street or at the Patriotic Committee's rooms in Garden Place.