MEAT FOR THE NEEDY
GOVERNMENT'S PURCHASE
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) TAUMARUNUI, This Day. Tho Hon. E. A. Ransom, Minister of Lands, addressed a largely-attended meeting last night. He said that the Government had realised that some people were suffering hardship, and it determined to purchase 25,000 sheep to put into cold storage for winter distribution to the needy. Tho freezing companies at the time ■were offering 4s 6d per fat ewe. The Government stepped into the field and offered ss, and the companies offered 6s, and soon the price rose to 9s. The Government bought at 5s Sd, and thus had the means of providing free meat for needy people. Referring to the land question, Mr. Ransom said that about 80,00 farmers in New Zealand produced 90 per cent, of the export wealth and so kept the balance of the population. Each farmer settled by the Land Department assisted to keep five other families occupied. The speaker said that Mr. Holland advocated an internal loan of £25,000,000 over a period of three or four years. Such a course would prohibit the banks from backing the primary producers.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 127, 25 November 1931, Page 10
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186MEAT FOR THE NEEDY Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 127, 25 November 1931, Page 10
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