SURPLUS WHEAT.
COST OF EXCHANGE ON EXPORT. AN AUCKLAND RESOLUTION ([Per Press Association) AUCKLAND, April 6. The decision of the [Wheat Purchase Board to export 7700 tons of surplus wheat was discussed by the Chamber of Commerce, which resolved that the Government be asked to ensure that any exchange cost incurred shall be a charge upon the funds of the Wheat Board. Mr A. G. Lunn said, assuming that the board received 2s a bushel, it would ' realise £200,000, on which the exchange would be £50,000. If that £50,000 was going to be given to one primary industiy, he said, it should be to that section suffering most, the poultrykeepers.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 151, 7 April 1933, Page 7
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