NEW FREEZING WORKS
IN AUCKLAND DISTRICT
(Per Preys Association)
! AUCKLAND, May 29. New works erected for the "Wcstfield Freezing Company at Westfield were I formally opened by the Prime Minister !', to-day. About 2000 invited guests at- | tended. ! Mr "Massey said that the'fertilisation | of the soil must be kept up. They all j knew the wonderfully useful results i that had been obtained by the use of basic slag. The war had mado it mas creasingly difficult to obtain basic slag, ; ; but the Government was doing aU it I could 'in the meantime Transports re- ', turning to the Dominion were picking ;• up phosphates at Red Sea ports and j fertilisers from India. In regard to L; the shortage of Bhips, the Government j, had done the best it could under the \ j circumstances. j j Referring to post-war trade, Mr I, Massey said that the Dominion must |! do its level best to keep the British j j Empire not only great and glorious and i j free, but also self-contained and self's j supporting. Though the Dominion ' j.should do all possible to produce for I j itself. New Zealanders ought to give 5! Britain a turn when opportunity I offered.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8462, 30 May 1916, Page 7
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