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PAPER INDUSTRY AT KAWERAU.—One of New Zealand’s biggest industries, the production of newsprint, woodpulp and timber, is situated at Kawerau, near Whakatane, in the centre of the Bay of Plenty. The industry, which was started in 1955, produced 84,000 tons of newsprint last year, as well as 49,500 tons of woodpulp and 55 million board feet of timber. A total of 1300 persons is engaged at Kawerau, and a further 400 work with a subsidiary logging company in the state forest at Kaingaroa. TOP LEFT: A crane-load of logs being brought to the entrance of the mill. TOP RIGHT: A chemist takes tests in the laboratory. BOTTOM LEFT: Like thick porridge the digested wood passes through an early process. BOTTOM RIGHT: The continuous ribbon of paper runs through a maze of huge drying rollers.

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Press, Volume C, Issue 29503, 3 May 1961, Page 17

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PAPER INDUSTRY AT KAWERAU.—One of New Zealand’s biggest industries, the production of newsprint, woodpulp and timber, is situated at Kawerau, near Whakatane, in the centre of the Bay of Plenty. The industry, which was started in 1955, produced 84,000 tons of newsprint last year, as well as 49,500 tons of woodpulp and 55 million board feet of timber. A total of 1300 persons is engaged at Kawerau, and a further 400 work with a subsidiary logging company in the state forest at Kaingaroa. TOP LEFT: A crane-load of logs being brought to the entrance of the mill. TOP RIGHT: A chemist takes tests in the laboratory. BOTTOM LEFT: Like thick porridge the digested wood passes through an early process. BOTTOM RIGHT: The continuous ribbon of paper runs through a maze of huge drying rollers. Press, Volume C, Issue 29503, 3 May 1961, Page 17

PAPER INDUSTRY AT KAWERAU.—One of New Zealand’s biggest industries, the production of newsprint, woodpulp and timber, is situated at Kawerau, near Whakatane, in the centre of the Bay of Plenty. The industry, which was started in 1955, produced 84,000 tons of newsprint last year, as well as 49,500 tons of woodpulp and 55 million board feet of timber. A total of 1300 persons is engaged at Kawerau, and a further 400 work with a subsidiary logging company in the state forest at Kaingaroa. TOP LEFT: A crane-load of logs being brought to the entrance of the mill. TOP RIGHT: A chemist takes tests in the laboratory. BOTTOM LEFT: Like thick porridge the digested wood passes through an early process. BOTTOM RIGHT: The continuous ribbon of paper runs through a maze of huge drying rollers. Press, Volume C, Issue 29503, 3 May 1961, Page 17

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