STOCKS PILING UP

Southland Times, Issue 24873, 13 October 1942, Page 6

STOCKS PILING UP

More Workers Wanted At Waste Paper Depot The need for more voluntary workers, both women and men, at the waste paper depot, Esk street, was stressed by Mrs H. R. Kingsland at a meeting of the Southland Committee for the Reclamation of Waste Material held yesterday. “We are getting all the paper we want and more than we can handle at present. The paper is piled up to the roof. We had a big lot from Winton and we do not know what to do with it at present,” said Mrs Kingsland. “Invercargill seems to be slow. Timaru has 180 women workers for its waste paper depot and the best that we can do is 60. We also want men'workers for baling the paper. If the paper is not baled regularly it means that more bales are in use and this creates a shortage of bales. One morning the women who came to the depot had to be sent home again because there were no bales available. This creates a bad impression, since it gives women the idea that their services are not required.” Mrs R. C. Abernethy: If you get more workers have you enough paper to ensure that their services will be required. ‘ Mrs Kingsland: At present there is enough paper at the depot for a considerable time ahead. Mrs Kingsland also stated that she had thought of sending a circular letter to bowling, cricket and football clubs to see if it would be possible to get men volunteers. Teams of three men were the best for the purpose. Mr A. L. Adamson said he would attend to the question of getting male workers for the depot. Mrs Kingsland said that the management of the Mataura paper mills had promised to send someone to the depot to give instructions in the proper method of sorting paper. So far this had not been done and all that had been received had been printed instructions. She thought it would be better for someone to go from the depot to the mills and it was agreed that Mr W. Latham, the attendant at the depot, should be sent. Mr Adamson said that a cheque for £43/1/8 for 63 bales of papei had been received. He did not know what profit the depot had made to date, as he had not yet had an opportunity of going into the question, but he hoped to have a report ready for the next meeting of the committee.

Reporting on the plan to open a waste paper depot in Gladstone, Mrs T. F. Gilkison said that this had been held up because of the difficulty of getting suitable premises. It was left to Mrs Gilkison to make further inquiries about suitable premises.