Steel and Fencing Wire Will Remain Short
AUCKLAND, Sept. 30. No. earlv improvement in the supplv of steel or fencing wire from Australin to New Zealand, was forescen l>y Mr. .T. K. MacDougall, manager o. Kylancls Bros. (Australia) Proprietarv Ltd., when he arrived in Auckland b. air from Sydney. He said there was '110 immediate prospect of any large scah increase in steel production and the world short age could be rectilied onl\ by a gradual development of outjiut. ".Mr. MacDougall stated that his lirm which is associated with Hroken Hil'. Proprietarv, had completed a facton for the uianufacture of steel fencing posts in Auckland. Himilar posts ha-: been manufactured in. Newcastle ai.d exported to New Zealand before tiic war. The plant would have a capacit.x of about 7-0,000 steel posts a week but supplies of steel that could be sent to New Zealand in the immediate futur. would be limited and the weekly production would be in the vicinity oi 20,000 to 25,000. "New Zealand 's demand for fencing wire is appreciated but Australia her self is very short of supplies for he own use," Mr. MacDougall said. "In fact, Australia has been worse o IT fo. fencing materials than New Zealand."
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 October 1948, Page 2
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