WIRE DELIVERIES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22314, 26 April 1947, Page 8

WIRE DELIVERIES

SURVEY OF SUPPLY 12,000 TOMS DEFICIT ACCUMULATED ORDERS Farmers who have found it impo sible in the past year or two to seem supplies of fencing-wire for norm maintenance or new work on fenci will take little encouragement fro: the survey of the wire position sul mitted by the national distrTbutir agency to member groups in varioi districts. _ This survey puts the total of und< livered orders accumulated up 1 March 31 last at more than 12.000 ton this figure indicating plain and barbe wire for fencing purposes only, and e: eluding baling and wool-dumping win Tile distributing agency, which n placed a federation of wire importei in May. 1945. gives particulars of dc liveries to members over the perio from February, 1945, to March, 194 inclusive. Undelivered Orders The survey shows that in 1945 order were placed for 3297 tons of wire, ir eluding 405 tons of baling wire, and i 1946 an additional group of orders ag greeting 706 tons were placed, thes figures being additions to the accumu lation of orders prior to 1945 runnin into several thousand tons. At Marc 31 last undelivered orders reprcsente> a total of 14,481 tons, including 166 tons of baling wire and 13 tons c dumping wire. In the outstandin orders at that time No. 8 wire pro dominated with a total of 6836 ton; and barbed wire stood next with total of 4412 tons. During the past year a certaii amount of wire became available a the result of releases through the Wa Assets Realisation Board, includin; surplus stocks held by various Gov ernment departments. This sourci yielded 1863 tons, part of which cann from the Pacific war zone. On th< other hand, the distributing agene: h?d undelivered Government orders fo: 1498 tons on its books on March 3: last. Orders delivered by United Kingdorr manufacturers had fallen off seriously in the past few months, owing to man} causes among which were the British Government's nationalisation noliev enc fbc control of exports from the Unitec Kingdom. In respect of barbed wire on'v 30 tons had been received of ar order of 609 Inns long-standing on British firm's books. Position in General The supply position in general is summed up in the review, which states that no supplies of galvanised wire have been received by New Zealand from .Australian sources throughout the war, except for odd lots earlv in the war years. Canada has supplied only 50 tons of No. 8 wire since the early war years, this shinment reaching New Zealand Into in 1943: and further trade in wire from Canada was likely to be obstructed by long-term requirements of the manufacturers, The New Zealand agdnay has placed orders for 7000 tons for Ihe 1947-48 period, without, however, any sign of supplies being available. In August. 1946. an endeavour was made lo secure 15.000 tons of wire from the United States through the Washington Mission, which was able to secure only 1335 tons. 502 tons of ivhich have still lo be delivered. No birth or orders have been accepted by he mission for American wire. United kingdom manufacturers were unwiling at present to accent further orders, hou"h small ouantities of wire had •eached New Zealand from time to ime, and a considerable quantity covM- e d by outstanding orders accepted iy the manufacturers might be exacted to arrive at uncertain dates. The agency received a number of filers of wire simply during the past •ear, and some were considered suithhc for use in this country, while in ither cases the price was considered exorbitant or the simply was subject o export restrictions which had still o be overcome in the countries whence he offers emanated.