Tar
Sir, —The Minister of Works has appealed to the Counties’ Association to use more local tar to aid the gas industry and conserve exchange. He did not mention that last season there was a shortage in the North Island. The South Island gas works could not afford to ship their tar north, So well over a million gallons were purchased from overseas. It is an economic waste io import tar which pays no sales tax, costs more than bitumen, but gives neither the life nor the coverage. Better from a national point of view to (1) give a third subsidy to the South Island gas works;. (2) ensure that the Ministry of .Works collaborates with the gas industry and specifies no more tar than is needed to . absorb the New Zealand output. It is the gas industry which needs support, not tar importers.—Yours, etc. J. S. POLLARD. June 16, 1964.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30469, 17 June 1964, Page 16
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