GRAPHITE FROM NORWAY
i’FHCTT ASKS BY 'BRITAIN PRODUCTION IN CKYI.ON LONDON, Oct. 15.—Graphite, csscntial in war time—it is used in the mamilacl lire of gun barrels—is one of ( evlon’s most valuable products. But Brilnin buys it from Norway and A Inska. Going outside the Empire for su< li an essential led to some plain speaking by Mr. G. \Y. I’erera, Trade C’oijimissimn'r for Ceylon, at the .\orth_ Loudon Fxhibit.iou in the Alexandra Palace. lie said—to. <|iiolo from flic Norfli London Recorder.: “Graphite is one cl I lie industries of Ceylon. No war can be carried out without it. No industry can lie cairricd out. without it. “(Vdoui is the only dry in the British Km pi re whfHi |iniduccs gniplii to. “And yet Britain dOes|'iiof. buy our grauhite, lull, prefers to ’ buy if Imm foreign remit ries—lroai Alaska and Norway. “Ceylon is a country which conns lo you lor your sympathy and recognition.'’
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Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 124, 19 December 1938, Page 4
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153GRAPHITE FROM NORWAY Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 124, 19 December 1938, Page 4
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