The unfairness of the price of superphosphate in the South Island, as com- | pared with the North Island, was the subject of a discussion at the meeting of the Farmers’ Union on Saturday, j telegraphs the Waimate correspondent of the “Star." The following motion, a copy of which is to be sent to Mr J. Bitchener, M.P., for submission to the Prime Minister, was carried:—“That this meeting of the Waimate Farmers’ Union desires to express its dissatisfaction at the continued difference in the price of superphosphate in the South Island, as compared with the North Island, and the reasons given for the same, and asks that the Minister of Agriculture shall make it a condition of the supply of raw rock phosphate to the fertiliser manufacturing companies that the price of superphosphate to consumers shall be the same in both islands." I
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18545, 20 August 1928, Page 13
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