TARANAKI IRONSAND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXV, Issue 181, 14 August 1903, Page 4

TARANAKI IRONSAND.

That steel maae from fananaki ironsand is of a very superior quality is now generally acknowledged, says a writer in our Eltham contemporary). However, I saw one more recommendation of it that is worth mentioning. When Sir Alfred Cadman was in England, he had a turning tool made from Taranaki iron. It was what one might call a rough specimen, that is to say, it was not specially prepared by being mixed with Swedish, or other iron. It was a Taranaki product, pure and simple. Well, this tool was taken to the Government railway workshops, and there used for turning purposes in tests against tools made of imported s'eel. 1 saw the report of the Department, and it states the steel is bet'er than two other makes of Eoglish stetl The steel which is excelled in q>j-Ht,y by the Taranaki article costs f.-ciu la 8d to Is 9d per lb. At that price per lb it is easily seen that when it is dealt with by the ton, the ruocey turnover •r.eans an enormous thing foe New Zsslacd. Everybody hopes to see fcho iron industry successfully established. There is not one blast furnace south ol sho lino, so if New Ztnlund had the supplyicg of Australia with certain lines of iron, and that is what the promoters expect, an enormouti industry would be the result.. Railway metals alone would mean a tremendous business.