DEFECTIVE GOODS
EXPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA
FLOUR UNFIT FOR CONSUMPTION,
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MELBOURNE, 22nd April. The House of Representatives discussed the export of defective wheat and flour to South Africa, and' other goods to England and the East.- Mr. Hughes stated that a large quantity of wheat and flour sent to South Africa turned out unfit for human consumption, even Kaffirs refusing to eat it.) The people responsible would be called upon.to pay compensation. There were other instances of products in which Australia, excelled being exported in bad condition, and the Government might be forced to publish the names " of the firms concerned.
SYDNEY, 22nd April. The price of wheat for flour for export to Africa, the East, and the South Sea, Islands has been reduced sixpence a bushel.
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 96, 23 April 1921, Page 5
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129DEFECTIVE GOODS Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 96, 23 April 1921, Page 5
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