FERTILISERS ARRIVE
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W xjIj JLiJUN VIT x Vjj\ ; OOpt. J-iJ. ! _ Three shipxnents of basie slag totalling 10,000 tons, are expected in New" Zealand from Belgium witlxin the next month or sor said the Supcrintendent of Fe-rti'llsers- to the Department of Agriculture, Mi\ G. H. Holford, today. These- will be the first shipmeiits since the- war and t'he tonnage 'lxas all been sold ahead. However, xxegotiations are in fraiff, sai'd Mr. Holford, for great er. quantities to be shipped next autumn. The first shipment of Nauru phpsphate.waa to arrive at Auckland today. TM'y is- tlre1 first of 65,000 tons due up to June xlext year tlxough the allocatioix oi phosphate to New Zealand from MakateS, North Africa, and U.S.A. will be in th® vieinity of 370,000 tons. An improvement i'n the fertiliser position should Be noted from now on,. said Mr. Hollord, Nauru 's output from 1946 47 td 1949-50 watt expected to increase iteadily from about 200,000 tons to 1/600,000 tons.
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 September 1946, Page 5
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165FERTILISERS ARRIVE Chronicle (Levin), 20 September 1946, Page 5
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