DEARER SUGAR.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 April 1923, Page 4

DEARER SUGAR.

I’RE.MIER EXPLAINS CAUSE. NO FEAR OF SHORTAGE. WELLINGTON, April .Merchants fnive been advised that an imrea-e if .',d a pound in the price of sugar was made as from yesterday, making the maximum retail price -id a pound. Referring to the necessity for an increased juice of sugar, Mr Massey (Minister of Industries and Commerce) stated that the id imrea-e was due to the failure of the Fijian crop and to the abnormally heavy demanti on the supplies at the ( helsea works during the jam season. During the p. -t Llireo months just undo! AGO:! tons over and above the i|iiantity for tit similar period last year lml b’ V-n disriimitc.i i'or cousumpnon. The j übliv h;td taken lull :1 1 vantage of the Government's n ; r.iu:_'i’l:!c nts for an abundant supply nf |■ |jc;ij; suear for jam malting pU'p, Thi- was evidenced by the 1551*1 tic t dciivera s h r the jam -ea-, n pi'iiw-l ;i record for tne past t.w*!',c years. Although carPor stalisliis vve;e not availaM-. . Mr Ma-sev believed that the iiimiuity delivcted sin.e De mhi r !:: t Imd. never i' .eli ‘in the 'o-t'.rv m (he Doini:t."ii. At the enmmein e •::< 1 :t of the jam season tin Go. time::: bad ooU) t. n- i f re-lin-l - .1 in ■■ k at t helsea. That ■ I 11:1 nt ily ha- : !i gone into and. hut f. r the farl that ’iy “nil'll” had been incr-.a-ed by -G-> 1 1; 11 s a '.vppk. soi’ioiis iii(T/iivon.eikv to liou>eho!<li r> v. • >: : Id i CoVfl-nitK'iii i'; i(I hUJilo t’VtTY ‘ii<rt t> onsiin* tliai nil ivtji! iroim'iits v. w.sv i oliy s: in i only during 11 s*-* month hoi it i.irii no<*'*'>M!Y io j*la o all v I'f 't ri« t:< 11 on or.-ts»rs t» ‘ ; ni m rj “bur -oine lime ib* ninvnimsiit j made, to supply the best re isi’ d sugar jai a cheap r. i" ” -aid -Mr Ma-sey. i “l,nt l eceiit i ondil ions in Fiji, euiipled

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