SUPPLIES OF SUGAR

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2482, 8 June 1915, Page 6

SUPPLIES OF SUGAR

'ABE THEY SUFFICIENTP (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) • Timaru, June 7. The local manager of Wilson and Co., Dunedin merchants, takes strong exception to a telegram published on Friday, stating that the manager of tho Colonial Sugar Company declares that supplies are ample to meet the Dominion's requirements, and does not anticipate any shortage. Wilson's are tha' company's distributing agent for South Canterbury, receiving shipments of about 100 tons every three weeks. Last Friday twenty-five tons only arrived. The oompauy had offered ten tons, but the director of Wilson's made personal representations to. tho company at Auckland, and secured an increase to twenty-live tons, which was about a Quarter of the ordinary shipment. On Friday evening Wilson's received a telecram from the company as follows:— "Bearing in mind that stocks are short, any orders sent must not exceed urgent requirements. Think last two shipments should keep most of them going without further delivery. Next • Wanaka." This moans that the next ordinary shipment to Timaru will be cut out. As Wilson's havo no sucar stored, this district is threatened with a. famine. Wilson's naturally ask why. if ample supplies are available, the com.' pany is not distributing them? POSITION OF SUCAR COMPANY. THE MANAGER'S EXPLANATION (fly Telejrouli.—Press Association.; Auckland, June 7. Mr. W. J. Philson, manager for the Colonial Sugar Company in New Zealand, explained to-day, in reply to a message from Timaru, that he had stated that tho company would have no difficulty in keeping up tho supply; > of _ sugar for New Zealand. The requirements of New Zealand were gauged I from the experience of tie last thirty years, and it had been found to be from 750 to 850 tons a week, but the demands made on the company for April aggregated something between 1280 to 1480 tons a week. There was no cause for this increase in demand, except that the public generally were laying in supplies by purchasing three or four times the quantity they need from the grocer each month. If the public bought only for present needs there would be ample sugar to go round, and some over. Just now, however, the company's stock was swept clean every Saturday. The company first of all filled- its contracts (to jam and other manufacturers), then set aside what was required for local Auckland, supplies, and finally allotted from the remainder the supplies to various prominent districts of the Dominion, according to the urgent needs of those districts. Two trips ago the Wanaka took about 1750 tons of sugar south, and probably ISO ton 6 of that went to Timaru. advertises a 250-acre farm, situated on the East Coast of the Auckland Provincfl for sale. Full particulars will be found in the advertisement on pago 10 of this issue. An unreserved sale of high-class cows and heifers, etc., will be held at the farm, Paraparanmu, by Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., under instructions from Mr. F. li. Howell. The sale is announced for Monday, June 14. The subdivisional sale of 1000 acres of farm land, the estate of the late H, Hodge, will be held at Bright's Theatre, Otaki. to-morrow afternoon, commencing at 1.30 p.m. Tho property _ has been divided into nine choice dairy farms. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., aw the auctioneers. „ . Mr. W. A. Edwards, Napier, has a client waiting to purchase a small dairy farm in the Hawke's Bay district.