Sugar Supplies Ample for Normal Demands

Northern Advocate, 5 September 1939, Page 7

Sugar Supplies Ample for Normal Demands

[Per Press Association. Copyright! WELLINGTON’, This Day.

Ample supplies: of sugar are held in New Zealand to meet normal demands, according to a statement issued yesterday by the Sugar Controller (Mr L. B. Ballard). Householders are recommended to buy in the normal way, and in normal quantities, as prices will not' at present rise.

• “As was pointed out by the Hon. D. G. Sullivan,” said Mr Dallard, “there .are ample supplies to meet normal demands, and there is no necessity to make abnormal purchases.

Reserve . Stocks.

“For some time past, the Government has kept in close touch with the Colonial Sugar Refining Company at Auckland, and reserve stocks have been built up, so that at present there is sufficient raw and refined sugar in New Zealand to meet normal requirements for some considerable time. “I wish to impress upon the

general public that there is no

advantage at all to' be gained from buying excess supplies of sugar. Make Normal Purchases,

“Such action is unnecessary, and may indeed be harmful, as a sudden abnormal demand may quite easily dislocate the ordinary arrangements, for regular supplies, and cause a temporary shortage in one- district. “Purchasers of sugar can best serve their own interests and those of the country by purchasing their sugar requirements in the normal way, and in normal quantities.”