FENCING WIRE OF ALUMINIUM ALLOY
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NEW PLYMOUTH. Det*. 4. The impo'-tation of wire made from aluniiaiuin allov is boing- considered by Wire Distributors TAtl. in New Zealaud iu an eft'ort to alleviate the presein; shortage of feneing wire. )ir, I\. -Mnsters, of Stratford, a director of Uie org'fuiisat.ion, safd toxiiglit that although this wire was now being produeed, it. was purely ex]>erimeutsil. and would take the ])lace of barbed wire if satisfactory. Tliere was some doubt as to its suitability near the sea. It was also very light in w-eight and the price in New ZeaJand would be about £250
to £260 a ton so it would be no clieaper tluiu ltarbeil wire. "'Some of this new wire is now being offered to New Zeaiand merehants,' said Mr. .Masters. "Jf it is souglit Wire Distributors Ltd. ean get it. What (juantity nould be availahle ihard to say lmt suppiies of it would help to ease the preseut wire shortage.' Wire of the type had lmver boen im- , ported into the Dominion, Whether it 1 lmd 'oeen used o\ ersea.-i Ijet'oro he could not sav.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 December 1947, Page 7
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187FENCING WIRE OF ALUMINIUM ALLOY Chronicle (Levin), 5 December 1947, Page 7
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