WHEAT DUTIES.
SUGGESTED SLIDING SCALE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Tt is expected that the Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes) will make a pronouncement this week regarding a sliding wale for wheat duties. In an interview this morning, Mr. W. Machin, who is chairman of the local wheat committee, which has been investigating the problem, makes a suggestion tjiat thp Government mlioiiM approach the millers and bakers with a view to their sharing a reduction wif.h farmers, lie makes a strong plea for tho retention of the wheat industry, N and observes that wheat farmers in all parts t>f Mm world arc now facing ruin.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 86, 13 April 1931, Page 4
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