ISLAND PHOSPHATES
BRITAIN’S SHARE DEPUTATION TO THE GOVERNMENT ■ (A. & N.Z.) LONDON, Dee. 1. At a meeting of the Unionist Agricultural Committee of 150 members of the House of Commons appointed a deputation to urge the Government to utilise the agreed upon share of 42 per cent, of the phosphates from Nauru and? Ocean Islands under the 1920 agreement. They suggested that Britain, Australia and New Zealand should instruct the commissioners to ascertain the lowest f.o.b. price. It is calculated that the annual output is 1,000,000 tons. Mr Harold Briggs, M.P., the organiser, stated that he was amazed to discover that Britain took no share Many British superphosphate manufacturers were relinquishing their efforts owing to the lack of cheap material, and farmers urgently needed cheaper fertilisers. If Britain was to take her share she would benefit from both. If the manufacturers were not assisted they might internationally agree to regulate prices adversely to the farmers.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20014, 3 December 1927, Page 7
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154ISLAND PHOSPHATES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20014, 3 December 1927, Page 7
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