Believed Prospective Shottage of World Supplies of Ore London, Nov, 29.
In the House of Commons to-day, Captain Hacking, Under-Secretary of Overseas Trade, stated in reply to Sir Nicholas Gratton-Doyle (Con servative) that he was aware of the opinion entertained by some authori-regarding the prospective shortage of the tin-ore supplies of the world. He was following closely the discussions which were taking Place on, this and also on the pos-of stabilization of world prices. Tt did not appear that any advantage would be gained at the resent time by the appointment of special scientific committee, as Sir Nicholas Gratton-Doyle had sugested, to inquire on behalf Government regarding the possi ties of conserving the Empire's sources of tin—Britih Wireless
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