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TARANAKI IRONSAND.

fUTURE POSSIBILITIES. WORKS AT NEW PLYMOUTH. Pays the Auckland Herald:—The possibilities of Tara'.iaki iroiisaiul haw b< en recognised by authorities fur ninny U'iir.s past, but the matter of extraction has been one presenting great -:i.ificiHies. The first men to succeed in tanking tests which would allow of the loimation of an industry on a workable basis were Mr. S. E. Fraser. whe is well k'icwn in Auckland, and Mr. J. a. Utskcth, whose experiments, conducted o.h a number of years, finally resulted in the discovery of a process yielding o<) jiff ecnt of iron ore to the ton. Mr iVater, who is thief engineer to the Broken Hill Associated Smelters' works at Pert Pirie, South Australia, returned on Tuesday from a brief visit to Tnvanaki, prior to leaving on an extended bii.-iness trip to the United Kingdom, C'a.iada, and the United States. ITc gave some iiir- resting details regard in:) work about to be undertaken l>v the smelting and manufacturing company v 1.-ch has been formed. A plant is no,, 'ljfing erected at: Moturoa, the port of .Vow Plymouth, which is expected to ' KPfltiee about 101) tons of iron a we. k. I'iyiii will be completed in March. The iv'vst Coast hoids the largest deposit d :ieu sand in the vvcrld, the next latest being on the .St. Lawrence liiver, and as I fit] plies are piactically unlimited, Mr. IVh.'er confidently predicts not only a new era of prosperity for New Plyn '.nth, but Wide possibilities for the T'ominion when the industry shi!l have bien definitely established.

'"No iron is manufactured in Niw Zealand, and the mutter of seeuvin;.; npp'le? from abroad is becoming increasingly dilliciilt," said Mr. Eraser. "Prior to the war, pig-iron cost, from .CI to t!0 per ton. It is now about. ,€l2 per ton "l.ile sheet steel, / tils and gi.-lers :,m! ai l classes of j.oods have increased gr.atly in price. The establishment of this inilu.'.tiy will therefore, be or I'.tieost importance to New Zealand in the luture." '

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Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1917, Page 4

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TARANAKI IRONSAND. Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1917, Page 4

TARANAKI IRONSAND. Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1917, Page 4

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