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Superphosphate Bill proposed to stabilise price and boost local supply
In a 1943 debate Mr Marwick argues for a £900,000 subsidy to stabilise superphosphate at £5 1s per ton, notes higher production costs after Nauru supply loss, and urges exploration of Australian phosphatic rock deposits in Western Australia South Australia Victoria Queensland to secure raw materials. He warns of soil deterioration without fertilizer and calls aggressive surveys and POW labor for rock extraction.
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Marwick
Swan
Menzies
Nauru
Superphosphate I Industries Committee
Department of Commerce and Agriculture
The
Treasury
Department of War Organisation of Industry
Department of Trade and Customs
Australia
Queensland
Great Britain
Joint Committee On Rural Industries
New South Wales
Molong
Ashford
Mansfield
Victoria
Mornington
Heathcote
Mount Wellington
Mount Tara
Gippsland
Jackson’s Creek
Morahc
Cial
South Australia
Commonwealth
Western Australia
Wells
Abrolhos Islands
Recherche Archipelago
Woodward
Dandarragan
Ture
Dan Ydarragan
Frederick Stewart
Mr. Marwick
Ocean Islands
Commonwealth Mass
Abralhos Islands
Kecherehe
Preset
Geraldton
Mr. Daturson
Me Marwick
H. P. Woodward
Curtins
National Library
Keppel
Halhbourne Islands
Bowen
Madar
British Phosphates Commission
T. W. Marwick