BRITISH PAPER.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19140, 25 October 1927, Page 8

BRITISH PAPER.

TOUR OF MAJOR W. NASH. (FJSOM OUR OWN COBRESPOKDENT.) LONDON, September .10. Major William Nash, head of the firm of William Nash, Ltd., is going out to-Australia, and New Zealand on a. business tour.jn connexion with British-made paper. He leaves this week. Major Nash" represents an up-to-date'British mill, fully equipped at every point and backed by skill and experience gained in the space of over a century. Before commencing the business part of Jiis mission lie will visit 'the Fairbridge Farm School at Pinjarra, an establishment of the Child "Emigration Society, in which Major Nash is interested..

The only surviving son of Mr W. G. Nasii. who died in-1914, and grandson of William Nash, who'.passed away in 1879, he was born in 1892, and on tearing-school >» 19U he spent two vears learning papermaking at. St. Hani's Crav: His; training was.v-ery thorough, because he started in the rag-house " and forked right through the mill. ' During the war he served with the Roval West Kent Regiment in India, and was on special employ \\\ Persia and Russian Central Asia, Since. IHI9 he has been the managing director of William Nash. Ltd., representing the fourth generation to run the Cray •Valley Mills, which concentrate on the production of ' fine papers, such as bonds, loans, writings, and account book stock, the qualities of which may He indicated by the fact that prires ranre- from about 7d to 2s 6d a lb. Within these limits, the grades are numerous and the standard makes are maintained :with -regularity. Maior Nash who is chairman or the Technical Section of the Papermakers ■ Association, is naturally keenly interosted also in the technical f-ide of the industry '