INQUIRY MADE
REG ARDJNC TAR ANAR!..IRO.NS AND
NEW PLYMOUTH, August 7. Interest in the possibilities of Tara-
naki ijojisayd forth? manufacture of steel lias been reawakened by a communication received by the Patea Harbour lldard from the Anglo-American Steel Company; of London. The cpmpany agked if there . was a possibility of obtaining large quantities of electrical power near the board’s ironsaud deposits at Patea, as the company was thinking seriously of starting the installation of its electrical steel plant in New Zealand for the manufacture of‘ stainless steel. The company also asked for''samples of ironsand which it proposed transporting to its own wharf ft is stated that if the company manufactured in Patea it would require from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 units of electricity a year to work two electrical furnaces for refining purposes. The power must be at a cost of legs than a farthing a unit. The chairman and secretary, of the board are to give the required information.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1933, Page 6
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160INQUIRY MADE Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1933, Page 6
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