AFRICAN MAIZE CROP.
London, Juno 16
A itcut-er's message from Capetown says that the imperial Government lias purchased the 'surplus crop of South African maize at 14s 3d per bag. Speaking in the House of Assembly, Sir Thomas William Sonartt said that with a. view of assisting the Imperial Government to prosecute tho war, tho Union Government should not'insist oa oiicli an extremely good bargain for (lie South African farmer. Ho anphutiised tho fact that it was duo to tho protection of the British. Navy that British .ships wero able to take away tho maize. General Botha, Prime Minister, doclarcd that tho price was not too high, tlo believed that if the Imperial Government had not stepped in the formers would only have received tho poorest prices from speculators, and, moreover, the price in England would have been much, higher.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3279, 29 June 1917, Page 2
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