THE WHEAT PURCHASE.
» AND"'THE PRICE OF SACKS. , • to-"Star.")' •""■ ■• i DUtvEDDJ, this day. TOuai tie Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald jttis recently passing through Dunedin 'i deputation of millers and others waited ; oa hnn, and amongst other things he stated that the price of sacks to growers ■would be 9Jd, and the buying back price 8i The.'Dam-din grain merchants have since pointed out to the Minister that the price of corn sacks wae fixed last September at. 10|d for 44's and 46's, and lid for 48's, -with a buying back price of 9i They drew ibis attention to the fact* that the.latest.Calcutta quotation available was -IOJd c.i.f. Kew Zealand ports, and suggested that this part of the wheat scheme should" be left out and allowed to be dealt'with in each district as the sellers and grain brokers had already arranged: - - Mr. Mac Donald has now replied to the Dunedin grain brokers falling in with, this suggestion, and advising that the price of sacks and the buying back price have ieen eliminated from tihe 6cheme for dealing -with -wheat.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 38, 13 February 1917, Page 9
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178THE WHEAT PURCHASE. Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 38, 13 February 1917, Page 9
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