AUSTRALIAN WHEAT
BOUGHT FOR N.Z.
P.A. AUCKLAND. December 20. Arrangements to purchase between 4,000,000 and 6,000,000 bushels of Australian wheat, enough to meet the deficiency in the New Zealand crop caused by unfavourable weather in Canterbury this season, have been made in Australia by the Minister of Supply (Mr. Sullivan). He announced the purchase on returning from Sydney by flying-boat today and said the price had not been finally fixed but was subject to negotiation. The Minister said that as the result of the arrangements made there was no prospect of a bread shortage through the local deficiency of wheat. A supply from Australia was assured, but there were various propositions and alternatives which would be further discussed and these had a bearing on the price that would finally be paid. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 149, 21 December 1945, Page 9
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131AUSTRALIAN WHEAT Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 149, 21 December 1945, Page 9
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