PACIFIC PHOSPHATES.
DEMAND ON INCREASE.
COMMISSIONERS IN AUCKLAND,
Mr. T. Lodge, C.8., representative of Great Britain on the Pacific Phosphate Commi.ssipn, Mr. A. F. Ellis, C.M.G., New Zealand's representative, and Mr. F. Christian, manager at Ocean Island, arrived by the Aorangi this morning. Messrs. Lodge and Christian will sail early next month for Nauru and Ocean Islands by the commission's new steamer Triona.
Mr. Lodge presided over a meeting of commissioners in Melbourne, this being his first visit to Australia and New Zealand since his appointment to succeed Sir George Saltmarsh, who met lis death at Home in a railway accident. Mr. Lodge was formerly secretary to the Ministry of Shipping arid represented that Department during the negotiations that led iip to the Versailles Treaty. Mr. Ellis said there was an increased demand for phosphates in Australia. The slump had led to a slackening in orders, but it was hoped that the plants would soon be working again at full capacity. When the depression came it had been found necessary to dispense with a good deal of labour, but the men were being gradually brought back.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 57, 8 March 1932, Page 5
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