BIG WHEAT DEAL
BBITAIK BDTS IN AUSTRATJTA. £4,000,000 IHTOWED. - .... *: . V' . a (Australian .and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, October 10. Mr. VSjiHer Runeiaiaii (President of • the Board of Trade), speaking in the; House of Commons, announced that the' Government had made a Jai'ge purchase'l of Australian wheat, and.had also made ( provision for-the recptieite tonaage to' carry the wheat. • \ MEEBOUKNE, this day. '| Mr W. M. Hughes (Premier of Aits-j tralia) has announced that the British Government has agreed to purchase half I a million tons of wheat, and that the! terms are entirely, satisfactory: •-' It has been learned ■onofficiaUy that the amount to be paid is a little under £4,000,000.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 243, 11 October 1916, Page 5
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