[SEL] Distasterous news for the historical machinery movement in Australia!!!

[Paul Pavlinovich]

So go to Smorgon and buy it for double scrap price - let them bring it 
to town for you!

They are particularly after steel - they're not interested in cast iron.

Paul

peter ogborne wrote:
> This morning in the "West Australian News Paper '' there is a story that
> could spell the finish of the Historical Machinery movement in Australia.
> Smorgon Steel are doubling the price of scrap steel . It is estimated by 
> Smorgon that there is 1.5 million tonnes of scrap steel on Australian 
> farms . This is made up of  quote, Smorgon Steel ''Old tractors,trucks 
> ,harvesters,tanks,fencing ,windmills and engines, this will be a tidy 
> earner for farmers ''Smorgon are big noting themselves by offering $15 
> to Fire Brigades for every tonne collected.
> York farmer Stephen Penny has given the scheme the thumbs up '' I reckon 
> i have quite a few tonnes of old harvesting and seeding gear lying 
> around''.
> Of course all this is going to Bloody China................what can we do
> BTW on the front page of the paper there is a picture with the 
> story....shows a farmer standing on an old ,no doubt something some 
> restorer would give a right arm for ...an old Bedford Truck ....what 
> else is out there ?
> 
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