LINSEED OIL SUPPLY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 42, 19 February 1943, Page 4

LINSEED OIL SUPPLY

j UNDER STRINGENT CONTROL (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. ' "Countries which are our sources of supply have placed linseed oil under most stringent export control, and have definitely placed limits on the quantities that may be obtained, said the Minister of Supply, Mr. Sullivan, to-day. It is now necessary under a new Government order for all persons importing any linseed oil to furnish a return to the factory controller. Any person who imports linseed oil is debarred from "using, selling or in any way disposing of it without first obtaining the permission in writing of the factory controllerShould anyone have in or under his control on oi- after February 28 any quantity of linseed oil in excess of 20 gallons it will be necessary that a return be supplied to the factory controller within 15 days. A similar return must be furnished regarding quantities held at the end of May, August, November and February, while the notice remains in force. "In the near future a factory for the manufacture of linseed oil will be opened at Dunedin, and I am hopeful that the production will alleviate the situation," Mr. Sullivan said, "but it is not anticipated that full benefit of the development will be felt for several months after the factory goes into production."