WHY CEMENT IS SHORT
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\\ wiay .1 /. A deputation which is to wait on 1 Cabinet from the New Zealand Btiilding ; Trades Federati-on, is nierely usihg tlie I ealaniatous shortage of transport to i urge further socialisation of the indus- • trv, said Mr. D. O. Wlivte, general | rnanager of tlie Golden Bav Cement 1 Company, today. Coinmenting 011 the j Federation 's proposal to press for >State 1 control of the br>-k industry and to raise the ques,tion of improving the ' eftieiencv of the cement industry, Af r. j Wlivte added that transport was tlie kev to tlie whole cement problem. If [ tlie industry could get coal and ships, | tho tliree c.eine.nt works could supply ! many thousands of tons of ceinent niore j tlian were now available. I11 tlie past 15 weeks from Tarakohe alone, more tlian 0000 tons had been lost to the building industry which could have been supplied if ships wei;e availablfi ' to transport tlie coal and tlie finished prod.uct.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 May 1946, Page 5
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