GALVANISED IRON.
PRICE WILL REMAIN HIGH
The price of galvanised iron is not likely to decline, judging by a report from the British Department of Overseas Trade.) This states: “The total exports of galvanised sheets frpm the United Kingdom for the first- nine months of 1919, amounted to 109,089 tons, having a. value of £3,569,539 while the figures for the corresponding period of 1913 were 561,637 tons and £7,737,210. The position of this trade to-da> is that, while productive capacity remains very much what it was before the war, manufacturers have been unable, owing to difficulties mainly connected with labour, to approach tliei-' pre-war output. The situation has been aggravated by the recent railway strike, whicti necessitated the closing down of most of the mills, and it will take soniei time to clear off the ai tears of business. Practically all works are fullv booked up with orders until the end of the year, and. with only one or two works now quoting, the price r“ ing is very firm at £32 per ton, minimum for 24-guage corrugated sheets u bundles, M •
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 February 1920, Page 3
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182GALVANISED IRON. Hokitika Guardian, 12 February 1920, Page 3
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