THE WHEAT MARKET.
FLOUR SUPPLIES FOR TROOP- §1 SHIPS. '■ ■ : JM GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING THIS j POSITION. :ij (rnEss association teixgimm.)■ ~.-^ DUNEDIN. December =17. Prices for wheat locally continue tO-.^ firm. It in almost impossible to obU>a--^;1 wheat in tho North except at ?||l prices. Dnredin millers are keeping df ; |i|f the markot as mnch as possible. K $M j Onp miller who was asked by tb» ijf, j Minister for Dofcncc to fonder for 200^* I tons of flour for troopships dcclined^:^ | and Ptatfd that lie could not seeure th»'£?£ j wheat except, at exorbitant prices, a'-;Si§ <;poculntcrH were buying all offering ''&£&s iiedqo- provions looses. ■ * ?i S The Minister replied stating that he "if was referring the matter to the PriD»*;Wj Minister and the Minister of Munitioni^;^ In a letter, <he Dunedin firm fcuegesttd^;? purchasing 200 tons of flour in Ao«f J£ tralia. fcliowinc holders that tho MinU*.^ tor appreciated tho position. ' ''■%?%
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15465, 18 December 1915, Page 10
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152THE WHEAT MARKET. Press, Volume LI, Issue 15465, 18 December 1915, Page 10
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