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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 63, 6 September 1940, Page 15

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE RECLAMATION OF WASTE MATERIALS (A war activity under appointment by the Minister of Supply: The Hon. D. G Sullivan.) Help to Win the War! SAVE SCRAP METALS ASSIST THE PATRIOTIC FUND AND NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRY Supplies of the following metals are urgently needed: They are listed in order of importance. Although the amount in YOUR home may seem small, in the aggregate the supplies from ALL homes will amount to many tons: How Commonly How Identified Metal Found And Remarks Often found in same fittings Rub with abrasive (sand Copper as for brass, also washing paper or emery cloth) and if coppers, cooking utensils, the metal is a reddish colour lavatory cisterns, fire it is most likely to be copper: screens, coal scuttles, down pipes, etc Copper Pieces of old electric cable, lighting or heating flex for Wire radiators, irons, toasters, vacuum cleaners, etc: Old taps, screws, fire irons, Brass, if polished or filed; Brass, stair carpet rods, door stops, will yield a bright yellowish door steps; curtain rods, colour. Make sure brass Bronze, window fittings, hinges, scrap is solid throughout, drawer pulls, locks, padlocks, not just plated over irona Gunmetal fire screens, metal tops of Electric bulbs should be electric light bulbs, parts of tapped under cover of paper old electric switches, etc: to break globe; which is not required: Old kitchen utensils_~sauce- Light in weight and whitish Aluminium pans, kettles, etc: If handles or grey in colour: are not aluminium they should be taken off . Also found in motor car parts. Wrappings of chocolates; These wrappings may be Foil cigarettes, photofilm, etc: aluminium or lead foil: Lead foil can be melted with a match, aluminium foil will not melt and is very much lighter than lead foil: Do not mix them, make separe ate parcels of them. Photographic flm tubes, Jin- Soft and can be cut with Lead ings of tea packages, known pocket knife: as tea lead, car battery com ponents, heads of lead headed nails, fishing sinkers, strip lead from roof gutter- ings or fashings. (a) Cosmetic tubes, tooth- (a) These are mostly pure Tubes paste and shaving cream tin. tubes, etc. (b) Seccotine, (b) These are generally lead: glue, rubber solutions; etc:, tubes: Zinc In case linings: Wanted in sheet form: Hand in YOUR scrap metal to your Local Committee or Receiving Depot: MAKE THIS YOUR FREE CONTRIBUTION AS A PATRIOTIC EFFORT: All scrap will be sold and the proceeds handed over to the Patriotic Fund: METALS NOT YET WANTED: Wrought iron and steel, old number plates, tins, corrugated and galvanised iron NOT WANTED YET: Cast iron should be held for later collection: CUT OUT THIS ADVERTISEMENT AND KEEP IT IN A PROMINENT PLACE: