FORESTS FOR PAPER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 187, 6 February 1912, Page 8

FORESTS FOR PAPER.

THE INDUSTRY. HOW WOOD HAITREVOLUTIONISED The question of whether the supply of wood, for paper making will keep pace with the enormous and ever-increasing demand was referred to by several speakers at the fifteenth annual dinner of the British Wood Pulp Association, held recently in London, under the chairmanship of the president (Mr. Frank Lloyd). Sir Ernest Shackletoh, who responded to the toast of "Our Guests," mentioned that there are forests near the South Pole something like 35,000 years old. In fact, they had turned to coal, so he was afraid they wouldi be of no use to the association. (Laughter). The toast of the "British Wood Pulp Association" was submitted by Sir Vansittart Bowater, and in reply Mr. Frank Lloyd alluded to the drought in Scandinavia and the serious effect this had had upon the wood pulp industry. He also referred to the rapid development of the industry, and pointed out how dependent paper makers were now upon wood pulp. "If we had to relv on straw, etc., as was the case only about 25 years ago," he sftid, "my mill at Sillingbourne would alone require a string of carts over four miles long, and at least 40 million gallons of water every 24 hours."