READY RESPONSE
RECLAMATION OF WASTE
(By Telegraph-—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, October 6. "I have been very pleased with the results of the campaign for the reclamation of waste," said the Minister of Supply (the Hon. D. G. Sullivan), today.
"The central council and the various local committees have given splendid service, while the response of the public has been excellent. The enthusiasm with which the project has been taken up has exceeded the most sanguine expectations. The appeal for non-ferrous metals has produced a quantity of material that will be most helpful.
"It will be readily undei-stood," said the Minister, "that it serves no good purpose to reclaim waste material till arrangements are made for its effective utilisation. The present appeal, therefore, is for non-ferrous metals, and I ask the public to retain other materials till an appeal is launched for their collection.
"My officers have the various sections well in hand, and full information about requirements will be given as arrangements are made for materials other than non-ferrous metals. Till that appeal is launched, I ask that they be stored meanwhtifcf
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 85, 7 October 1940, Page 4
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181READY RESPONSE Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 85, 7 October 1940, Page 4
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