SCRAP METAL
SHIPMENTS F'QR JAPAN. AUCKLAND, December 18. The largest cargo of scrap metal to bo loaded at Auckland is to be despatched to Japan by the Japanese steamer Shinnoh Maru, which arrived from Yokohama in ballast yesterday morning. The cargo will total about 6300 to in?, of which 3000 tons will consist of discarded machinery and steel rails from the Railway Department. Much of the remainder of the scrap metal lias been bought from secondhand machinery dealerjs and shipl- - in Auckland, and a quantity is from Thames.
The .Shinnoh Mam will proceed to Yawata, Japan, where there are ironworks. Then’© the scrap will be converted into various iron products, including beams, girders, bar iron and pig iron. There are no shipbuilding yards at Yawata. The vessel is expected to leave .Auckland, about December 23.
The last scrap iron to be despatched overseas was sent to America, in 1930. About 1000 tons was taken by the Kaiiranga and a further quantity by the Golden Cross. Previously most of the scrap iron in New Zealand was purchased by an Otago engineering company for its foundry.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 December 1932, Page 5
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184SCRAP METAL Hokitika Guardian, 20 December 1932, Page 5
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