Ironsand in New Zealan.d.
(Per Press Association.) Wellington, July 8. Messrs Siemens, the well-known iron and steel founders and electrical engineers, England, Lave intimated to Government their willingness to put aside jE200,000 for the establishment of works in New Zealand for the treatment of ironsand. First they ask for information as to the extent of deposits available, whether the use of some foreshore where it abounds will be granted them, and whether Government will give £1 per ton bonus up to 20,000 tons of iron produced from New Zealand ores. If Government will do this, Messrs Siemens intimate they will not require any part of the bonus till 2060 tons of iron nave been produced, and they are in a position to prove that the industry is established on a sound and profitable basis.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 4, 4 July 1895, Page 3
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134Ironsand in New Zealan.d. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 4, 4 July 1895, Page 3
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