MEMBER'S QUESTION
FREIGHTS ON MANURE Mr A. G. Hultquist, M. P., on Wednesday in the House asked ]\linister of Agriculture \\hethci view of the fact that much land in the country is deteriorating ft -i rapidly-accelerating rate, mainly o\v ing to lack of proper quantities ol manure, he Avill fully investigate the possibility of instituting a flat freight paid price for the purpose of making superphosphate, lime, and other top-dressing available to settlers in the more isolated areas at a much reduccd price? Land in the Matakaoa County is deteriorating and needs vet it costs £2 10s a ton freight on manure from Auckland to the Hicks Bay wharf said Mr Hultquist. Freight charges from the ■wharf ) too, must, necessarily be high in addition, a.s petrol costs 2s lid and 3.s per gallon at the Port of Hicks Bay.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 54, 25 August 1939, Page 7
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139MEMBER'S QUESTION Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 54, 25 August 1939, Page 7
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