BEESWAX STOCKS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21149, 17 July 1943, Page 4

BEESWAX STOCKS

PROHIBITION ON SALES NEEDED FOR WAR WORK

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, July IG. Beeswax played an important part in the prosecution of the war, said the Minister of Supply, the Hon, D. G. Sullivan, to-day, when referring to the beeswax control notice gazetted last night. Last year New Zealand had imported beeswax from Tanganyika, but the British Government had purchased the entire output of that territory and to meet the lack of imports the control notice required anyone holding more than 10.1 b. of beeswax to furnish a return of stocks within 14 days and the disposal, sale or transfer of beeswax was prohibited without the written consent of the factory controller. .The normal use of beeswax, stten as for the manufacture of floor polishes, coulcl not be permitted and the controller would direct supplies for essential needs of war. Mr: Sullivan mentioned that some of the uses of beeswax included the sealing of aircraft components, preparation of butter for the. tropics, and the manufacture of certain munitions.

PRICE OF BEESWAX

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, July 17. A new price order issued by the Price Tribunal provides that, the maximum price chargeable by keekeepers for beeswax shall be 2s a lb. free on rail. It- also stipulates that the maximum price chargeable by any person other than a beekeeper shall not without special authority, exceed 2s a lb., plus the freight charges incurred.