WHAT WE LACK

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 147, 22 June 1915, Page 2

WHAT WE LACK

(To I ho Editor.) • sir.— Mercury i.. well known to be onp ' of flip articles used in the manufacture |. of pxplnjiivfs. So much so t'nit tlio jj price of mercury is nearly twice tin- j price i| was hoforc tlic wnr started. |l Tlie chief source;; of supjilv are now j' stopped throurh the war. and it is i, very needful Mint :i supply should ho : frnt for future use. Tliis supply 'icen found in our Domininn. nnd in our own ' province of Auokl.ind. Persons who airo , well nlilc to jmljre the quantity contained In -"re boding estimate timt there ; are >four niiilion tons of cinnabar ore I in sight, -.Hid only to be quarried out. The attention o'. thp Massey Oove.rn- : nient lias lieen drawn to this, first lrr sincle individuals, and serondly by loo.il ■ boUien nml Chambers of Commerce, anl I, a-Vo by Sir .Tosepii Ward, whrwe letter 1 li cnelnse, but with no result. Tbe people | licre have even asked Ulßit some pe-rson | . from the (ieolopicnl Department shouM • hp pent here to report upon the matter, but can pet no satisfaction from the Mussey Government. Whilst larjre sums of money can be spent 'to develop otiier I mining indnwtrtas, tliia andi»trr. which i.- of wuch to Hie Empire's welfare, is disregarded.— T nm. etc.. T. MITCHKI.L. Tu'.i Puhl.