SUPPLY OF SUGAR

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 56, 4 September 1939, Page 3

SUPPLY OF SUGAR

NO FEAR OF SHORTAGE ;.. , - ■■s APPOINTMENT OF CONTROLLER The Sugar Emergency Regulations, which arc subsidiary to the Supply, Control Emergency Regulations, pr<> vide tor the appointment of a controller, whose function it is to control ■ the distribution of sugar and to fix the . conditions of* sale, with a view to conserving and ensuring continuity of sup--1 ply- • The regulations^ give comprehensive powers, authorising the Government to purchase and*take over any supplies of sugar and to enter-into working arrangements with merchants and others for its iistribution. Powers are : also given authorising the Controller to regulate the furnishing of stocks, etc., by merchants and users of sugar and to impose restrictions on its sale and use.-' . ■ ' i - Fortunately forward arrangements have already been made with the Colonial Sugar Company and substantial stocks are held in New Zealand, hence there need be no fear of a shortage of supply and it is not proposed to invoke the powers in the regulations at present but to work under a voluntary arrangement with distributors, somewhat along the lines adopted during1 the last period of control, when merchants and retailers maintained a ratio between sugar and general grocery sales. * The consuming public are assured that there are ample supplies to mees normal demands but are enjoined to" refrain from hoarding or making" abnormal purchases.