THE CEMENT INDUSTRY.

Marlborough Express, Volume LX, Issue 229, 28 September 1926, Page 2

THE CEMENT INDUSTRY.

I E ADTNG ATTT HORI.TY ' S VlEWB According toi Ei. O. E'ckol, a leading Americrn authority on tno Portland Ctement Iudustry, the successful operation of cement plant calls for— R,aw material conforming, to establislied ohemical and physical formrlae; amplitude of raw materials ayailable ; suitable location of site in regard to' fuel supplies, transport, n arkots and supplv of labor. On the site acquined at AYhangarei hy the British Standard P ortland Cement Limited, nature has provided nnlimited quantities of an almost ideal "raw meal" mixture ready for oemeat making purposes with a minimam of preparation. It is ccmpotently estimated • that this new enterprise has over 1,000,000 tons of coal to draw on from its own mine, which will yield coal suitable for its purposes at a eost not exceding 20s per ton delive'red at Ihe works. These adjoin a safe all-Aveather anchorage, workable at all times. With low transport charges and low eost oi production defmitely assured owing toi Lliese rare com liin ations of natural advantages, the new company expects. to be ablei to profitably produce and dispose of 72,€00! tons in New Zealand anntially of high grade Portland Ctme-nt. • From careful and exhaustive expert inquiries made into the matter of New Zealand'si likely future demand for cement the promoters of the British 'Standard Portland Cement Ltd., are satisfied that the proposed ouput will be readily absorbecl, and that a profitahle business can be established, their "faith in this being wholehearted, as illusstrated by the fact that they are purclnusing 80,000 £1 shares out of 213,000, and are guaranteeing interest on the remaining, 133,000 offered to the publie. A g|reat deal of care, time and money liavei been expended by coinpctont comniercia I men in preparing; this project for flotation. For tiiis reason alone, the prespectus (which can now be obtained from any sharebroker) n erits respeoful consideration. Tlie Iiiterim S'ecretary's address is Box 542, A\rellington. — Advt. t