MINISTER SAYS SUGAR SHORTAGE IS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT ORDERING
PA WELLINGTON, Dec. 17. The shortage of sugar being experienced in parts of New Zealand was due entirely to the failure of merchants to place orders in sufficient quantities, stated the Minister of Supply, Mr Nordmeyer, to-night. He added that there had been a serious accumulation of sugar at the works and ample shipping space was available to move stocks months ago. • To suggest that (“he Government was to blame for the position was ridiculous, said the Minister. The announcement concerning the method of dealing with stocks held by wholesalers at the time of the price change was necessarily delayed until the stocks built up from sugar imported before the exchange adjustment had been cleared.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26958, 18 December 1948, Page 6
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