FERTILISER RATIONING

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 47, 30 June 1947, Page 1

FERTILISER RATIONING

APPEALS ON GROUNDS OF HARDSHIP

Appeals for additional fertiliser for top-dressing purposes for the rationing year 1947/48 must be lodged with the Chairman of the District Fertiliser Committee by 19th July, 1947. Appeals will be considered only on the following bases: — 1. From those farmers who have not appealed on any previous occasion, or for those properties for which no previous appeal has been lodged by either the existing or a former occupier. 2. From those farmers who can produce documentary evidence to the effect that they have brought in out of virgin country during the 1946/47 rationing period areas which have been sown down to new grass. Appeals from returned servicemen from World War II can be considered at any time during the rationing year. All appeals must be in writing addressed by the farmer to the Chairman, District Fertiliser Committee, care Department of Agriculture for the district in which the applicant farms. All applicants must state the name of the vendor from whom it is desired to obtain supplies of fertiliser in the event of the appeal being successful. Documentary evidence in support of appeals mentioned in paragraph 2 above should consist of a copy of the invoice for the grass seed and signed statements from two neighbouring farmers to the effect that the grass seed was sown on virgin country. 367