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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 156, 4 July 1931, Page 11

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ENT7S PURCHASE? *>l\ PAYMENT-OF EXPENSES.' (*y-fdegraph;—Parliamentary Keporter.) \ i ,'•'.; ■■ ."WELLINGTON, this.day. \ Bartioulars of the StateVpurchase?of for '.distribution -as ! ?rerations ; . •during the winter ; were - the \- House'.'. yesterday by .the. H6n,iE.sA.;Ransom, Minister of•:• Lands. ; T!tt« -said -that ; four or'five moßtfet'ago'fat ewes were selling a* 4 / 6 per'head, a price : which was' disastrous to- that farmer. - While the Government weald-'not* attempt to purchase ati that pr«e;atiinstructed l an' agent to buy-at a'nwmniun.;of • 5/6, and the purchases at an average of i5/B.' That had/fthe ieffect •■ of' improving the ■ market for <ialei of' fat. stock-in ■ the! Dominion, *nd; particularly - : relieved pressure; in period in Hawke's Bay. continued- the Minister, "tibat'the?sale-of by-products 'has;practically paid' the whole of' the expenses, aBd r . the *freeling companies have given six monthß'"free cold storage.' The whole of'ther'sheep were <treated' as if they w«W '• to••-•; ibe - exported,: so - that,- should tKe ; not be.up : to ■ expectations, 1 the 'surplus Vat:; 100 per cent ;pr6fit." '.Replying \ to;..questions, the.' .Minister that rthe purchases were made ; in H*wke's?Bay, Wairarapa and .the-West CoMt.ofHhe;North' Island. .■ ■-... /'