CARDBOARD BOXES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 28 August 1942, Page 5

CARDBOARD BOXES

ELIMINATION OF ORNATE DESIGNS Wellington, This Day. “The extremely heavy demands for tinplate for packing commodities for shipment overseas, the replacement of tinplate by cardboard for domestic packing, and thw necessity for conserving material and manpower are all factors that have made necessary the Cardboard Box and Carton Control Notice,” said the Minister of Supply and Munitions, Mr Sullivan, in referring to this notice, which was gazetted last evening. “The production of cardboard in New Zealand is being pushed to the extreme limit of the plant and manpower available and the demand is severely taxing the available supplies,” said the Minister. “To afford the manufacturers some opportunity of coping with the position—and they have done, and are doing a remarkably good job—this notice prevents boxmakers from launching out into the manufacture of new designs, and confines the types of cartons or boxes to certain specified sizes and shapes. Only in the case of powder boxes shall a projecting edge be permissible. In all other instances the container must be a square, rectangular, oval or circular, and any packet manufactured must be the same shape both top and bottom. Any manufacturer who has in hand a stock of containers that do not comply with the requirements of the notice may sell or dispose of them before Ist January, 1943.

“The effect of the notice,” said Mr Sullivan, “will be to conserve material and simplify production by the elimination of ornate or fancy designs. The notice also prevents any person from producing any carton or cardboard box printed in more than two colours unless he had produced the same kind of container before the notice was Gazetted. Manufacturers are also required to reduce the number of colours used in over-printing containers in all cases where a reduction will spell a saving of time and material. —P.A.