PRICE OF NAURU PHOSPHATES.
’ (Special to “Tribune.”) Parliament Buildings, Sept. 21. ? Sir George Hunter asked the Minis--5 ter of Agriculture (1) Whether his atR tention had been called to a letter ) appearing in the press signed “Let _ the House attend to it,” complaining _ of the price charged for Nauru phos--3 phates. and in which the writes states 1 that phosphates are imported at £2 j 12/- per ton, and retailed at £6 10/5 and asking into whose pocket the £3 r 18/- goes; (2) whether he will inquire into the correctness or otherwise of _ the statement made by the writer of the letter mentioned. ? The Hon. W. Nosworthy replied that no manufactured fertiliers derived from _ phosphate rock, said to have been imported at £2 12/3 per ton. are yet in f existence. The reduction in the c.i.f. » price only applies to phosphate rock P bought by manufacturers since Ist r July last.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 239, 21 September 1922, Page 3
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152PRICE OF NAURU PHOSPHATES. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 239, 21 September 1922, Page 3
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