FERTILISER HOLD=UP

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 22611, 16 May 1945, Page 4

FERTILISER HOLD=UP

DELAYS IN DELIVERIES EXPLANATION BY MINISTER Replying to the company’s request that there should be an immediate mobilisation of all transport facilities to overcome the serious holdup in deliveries of fertiliser the acting-Prime Minister, the Hon. W. Nash, in a letter to Mr W. Marshall, chairman of directors of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, stated that the subject had been under continuous survey by the Government and every possible means would be taken to step up deliveries. However, owing to the necessity to conserve petrol and coal it was not possible immediately to meet the situation. Negotiations with a view to expediting deliveries were taking place, said Mr Nash, and if the means contemplated were available deliveries should improve within the next few weeks. Suppliers were so perturbed that any improvement would be welcomed, although it was now late in the season for the best results, said Mr Marshall. It was most regrettable that the shortage of coal had prevented the distribution of the limited quantity which was ready for use, particularly when the possibility of further food cuts in the United Kingdom was contemplated*