RUBBER AND PAPER

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 175, 27 July 1942, Page 2

RUBBER AND PAPER

I N i^»?, lreCt^ SBan^ ccandor«r the Acting-Prime Minister's statement last Hrs vl,. rubber and paper position was almost a model of its kind. Nobody now should fail to appreciate the magnitude of the es w threaten the Dominion, or how crippling will be the consequences unless there is a total effort to conserve supplies and to salvage materials. Mr. Sullivan said that the duty of supplies f,cl P . re K> e J? ting , Waste was the Government's, but the dutj of Sine the indWklun a r« Pa^ r ° f f V J? r ? , k "? d availabl ® for remanufacture waf ine individual s. Many individuals are far from satisfied that th*» Government s exhortations to economy, particularly in the use of tvres fhe St n tffht b L 8 Z ° f l he its but I# # there is still much room for improvement in the actions f , no individual with an excuse for inaction or for f"hearted, intermittent action. It is crvstal clear that *uJ OQTr . _ and reclamation of rubber and paper must become a national habit and any and every sign of waste must become acauZ of reoroach Tt' wm be e a S y ( to Inculcate the habit in a coiSJSity whi?h has never hE » e j « 8 own wast efulness—but it can be done. The appeal must oan 2« A n 83 m ?. ny fo I f ms and through as many media as ingenuity Eve£T2l?U l? e< ! ium that should not be neglected is the school child rap ' diy ' 30 that