The Archive · 1939

New Zealand

Development of Iron Ore Deposits Planned Wellington.

N.Z.. Mar. 18.

Two London engineering experts are due to arrive in New Zealand before the end ai this month to report en the project for developing the Onekaka iron ore deposits in the Nelson district The New Zealand Government has taken authority to spend £5.000.000 on developing the deposits. The results of a recent comprehensive survey will be available to the experts. The Onekuka deposits are reputed to contain 30,000,000 tons of iron ore.—Reuter, EA

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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