PRICES FOR LIME

Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1931, Page 11 (Supplement)

PRICES FOR LIME

UNIFORMITY IMPOSSIBLE. GENERAL REVIEW NOT INTENDED. The price of lime in the North and South Islands respectively was referred to in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, when the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. A. J. Murdoch, replying to Mr. J. A. Young (Reform, Hamilton), denied that a limitation of 13s a ton had been imposed in the case of a South Island lime crushing establishment in. respect of the lime earned by rail. . The Minister said the question of price to be charged for agricultural lime was in the first instance a matter for decision by the proprietors of the works concerned, but before such lime was.entitled to be conveyed free by rail the price had to be confirmed by the department. Prices naturally differed in various localities according to the .cost, of production and- the quality of the lime, and it was not therefore possible to insist upon a uniform price • throughout the Dominion. A general review of the prices charged in the North Island was not .contemplated. Commenting, upon the Minister’s reply, Mr. Young said whereas 13s a ton was charged in the .South Island, anvthing up to 18s to £1 a ton was charged in* the North Island, where the same privileges regarding carriage by rail were enjoyed. If this could be done m tho south, it was time the position in the north was looked into. He understood that already two institutions were negotiating in the Auckland district with a view to supplying the commodity at 13s 6d a ton. It was highly desirable that cheap lime should be procurable in the north, particularly in Auckland and North Auckland districts, where every possible assistance was required and where the greatest possible return from the sod was necessary to offset fallen returns.

Tn the presence of a Ing crowd of holiday racegoers the ashes of Mrs. Jane Hullah were scattered .to the winds in front of the water jump of Wetherby (Yorkshire) racecourse just before racing was due to begin, the ceremony was carried out in accordance with the wishes of Mrs. Hullah, who for 30 years regularly attended tflie meetings at Wetherby. The water jump was her favourite place for watching the racing. It was Mrs. Hullah's dying wish that the mourners, all relatives, should attend the race meetin" and back the favourites in every race with the bookmaker with whom she usually bet. AU seven favourites won.