Price of Tyres

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 08, Issue 91, 20 July 1945, Page 3

Price of Tyres

Notice of a question relating to the price of tyres was given in the House of Representatives by Mr W. Sullivan (National Bay of Plenty). Mr Sullivan asked the Minister of Supply whether his attention had been drawn to an article published in the February-March issue of the ''Transport News" which stated that 32 x 6 tyres, retailed at £S 38s 3d in Australia and £24 5s in New Zea-: land. Likewise a 34 x 7 tyre retailed at £11 2s 4d in Australia and £32 14s in New Zealand. As the Government was the merchandiser of tyres in New Zealand the price having been fixed by the Price Tribunal, would the Minister make a full statement explaining this disparity in which price seriously affected operators' costs? Fertiliser Supplies A new phosphatic fertilise control order just ga'/etted.' dispenses with the special per cow allocation for dairy farmers authorised by the 1944. order. In its place provision has been made for a general in-i allocations of phosphatic fertiliser to all farmers for topdressing equivalent to 42 per cent, of the average, annual quantity of superphosphate used for topdressing during the two-year base period ended May 1944- Announcing this, the Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. 13. Roberts) said the allocation for wheat grown in the South Island had also been increase ed from lewt to 1 Mewl per acre.

Hospital Statistics for June The following figures for the month of June were submitted to the meeting of the Whakatane Hospital Board 3 r e.sterday: Remaining in hospital at June 1 43 males 52 females: admissions 41 G1 females; distchargcs 42 males 67 females; deaths 3 females; birth, 14 males 7 fe--9 males: major minor 35; remaining in at June 30, 40 males 43 females. Daily average 8(3.16.'

Arbor Day Aecording to a notice appearing in the Gazette, Wednesday, August 1, is to be observed as Arbor Day throughout the Dominion. In view of the national importance of tree planting local bodies are requested to organise suitable, celebrations orb that day.