New Zealand paper shortage is interfering greatly with printing
business and the government is limiting publications turned out by
it. Because of difficulty in getting paper, managers of a number of
publications talk of suspending.
Supplies of certain lines of paper, cardboards, pasteboards, etc., are
almost impossible to obtain, and it seems unlikely that this condition
will improve much until some time after the war, unless American or
Canadian manufacturers are able to relieve the situation. Scarcity of
envelopes is very marked, and it is almost impossible to obtain certain
lines. One firm in Auckland took orders for 25,000,000 envelopes, but
has been able to get orders accepted in the United States for only
15,000,000, and to date only 5,000,000 have been delivered.
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The output of pulp and paper from British Columbia last year was 50,307
tons of manufactured paper and 13,000 tons of sulphite pulp, valued at
$3,200,000.