NAURU PHOSPHATE
SMALL BRITISH SHIPMENT. THE PRICE UN FAVOURABLE. (Sun Cable). '. {Received 10.15 a.m.) London, May 6. Mr Thomas replied in the House of Commons to several questions regarding Nauru. Ke said the output of phosphates from Nauru and Ocean Island since Government control was 1,253,270 tons, of which Britain received 32.300. Australia 794,570 and New Zealand 126,800. The last shipment to Britain was in November 1921. He presumed the price .was unfavourable. The present price was fifteen shillings below that of the last British Cargo. The approximate price, delivered in Britain was three shillings above the pre-war price. Mr Thomas added, regarding allotment, that forty-two per cent, of the output was to Britain. It was impossible to give any guarantee concerning future adjustments between the three Govrnmcnts concerned.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXII, Issue 59, 7 May 1924, Page 5
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