SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. DOMINION WHEAT GROWING. QOPIES OF TELEGRAMS TO and from: the hon. macDONALD, KE WHEAT-GROWING, AXD REPLY TO THE DO'EDIN MILLERS "HOX. MACDONALD, WELLINGTON. SEVERAL FARMERS' AUK WILLING TO GEO* WHEAT IX SUITABLE ARJ'.--- ; AXD. AS THE EMPIRE £ I;? DIRK STRAITS FOR V EVERY LITTLE WTL.L HMy • MOKK PARTICULARLY A A ISIT FROM YOU. P. VIRTUE. MGR. X.R.M. CO." APRIL 27, 1317. "P. VIRTUE, ' AUCKLAND. MANY THANKS FOR YOUR WIRE RE WHEAT-GROWING I SHALL BE VERY PLEASED TO VISIT AUCKLAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND ,n ™ FARMERS I ALSO HOPE 10 SEE YOUR GOOD SELF ANLi TO THAXK YOU FOR THE INTEREST YOU ARE TAKIN<; IN THE VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION OF WHEAT-GROWING. KIND REGARDS. (Sd.) W. D. S. MACDONALD." APRIL 23. 1917. 'HON. MACDONALD, WELLINGTON. MANY THANKS. A VISIT FROM TOU TO ENCOURAGE WHEAT-GROWING WOULD DO A WORLD OF GOOD. THE DUNEDIX MILLERS APPEAR PERTURBED ABOUT THE WHEAT OUTLOOK, BUT I THINK THEY ARE CRYING OUT ABOUT THEIR OWN FOLLY". I FAIL TO COMPREHEND. IF THPIY ARE SO SORELY PRESSED, WHY ABOUT NINE HUNDRED TONS FLOUR SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHIPPED TO AUCKLAND FROM SOUTHERN PORTS — DUNEDIN INCLUDED—DURING THE LAST TEN DAYS, AS THERE IS NO SCARCITY OF FLOUR IN AUCKLAND; YET THEY STATE IT EXISTS IN DUNEDIN AND FURTHER SOUTH. MY COMPANY CONFINES ITSELF TO AUCKLAND REQUIREMENTS, BUT IT IS OBVIOUS THE SOUTHERNERS ARE ANXIOUS TO KEEP UP THE OLD TRUST TACTICS. AND HAVE BEEN CAUGHT. NO ONE WILL CONVINCE ME THAT FROM FOUR TO FIVE MILLION BUSHELS OF WHEAT HAVE BEEN SOLD IN TWO AND-A-HALF MONTHS, ROUGHLY VALUED AT ONE AND-A-HALF MILLIONS STERLING. OUR ABSENT TROOPS WILL REDUCE the WHEAT CONSUMPTION ABOUT POUR HUNDRED THOUSAND BUSHELS, SPECULATORS CANNOT BUY, AND THE MILLERS ARE NOT SO WEALTHY AS TO FINANCE IT. IT IS APPARENT THE FARMERS ARE HOLDING BACK FOR THE FIXED MAY AND JUNE ADVANCE. of Half-penny per BUSHEL AND PROBABLY MORE. ANTICIPATING A SHORTAGE ABOUT OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER (IF THEN). KIND REGARDS. P. VIRTUE. MGR. N.R M CO." APRIL 2S, 1917. 2520
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15894, 7 May 1917, Page 6
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