NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10289, 26 May 1919, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES

THE IRON -ORB-DEPOSITS OF

NEW ZEALAND

(To the Editor. "N.'Z. Times."")

Sir, —A considerable number of years ago>..i&e~.Nelson,.Pi.ovincial Government put up for sale by publio auction certain areas ox land in the Nelson province,'" and - amongst those areas was all tlie suitable land tor tho erection of tho "necessary works at the Parapara. for"smeltiiig;fhe"'iyou ore which was known "to" exist tliero in large quantities.* .. My late" father became tlie purchaser ot this.area, aud so iar as I urn aware, .his w.idojc'juot my mother),by. his ..will,. js. still the-owner. Some years after, the . purchase, two gentlemen from. England* arrived in. Wellington and brought, letters of introduction to 'him.... iroin one of the largest iron manufacturing firms m Wales (England;. Tnese letters dcsiredhiy'lather *"to : give all the information; hb' , c6'uld*'td I, the bearers about the at Parapara. My father accompanied tho two "agents' to' the 'Parapara, and they spent some time there in thoroughly examining the deposits, and in ooraining all other intormation that would ■be necessary, ja case .irgn works were to be.establisjied,. , w returned to .Wellington. .. Mv..iather was informed that they could not disclose what information they would give to their principals, but told him that ho would be informed as early as possible..after,their return. In due course information . came to my ' father. The iron is'still there, and is likely to be until science lias-found a way ot getting rid of the undesirable mixtures -the ore containst HENRY H. TKAYEiiS. Kilbirnie.