WHEAT POOL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11832, 13 January 1933, Page 4

WHEAT POOL

FURTHER PROTEST FROM i .AUCKLAND. F w ‘

“MOST COMPLETE MONOPOLY NEW ZEALAND EVER "SEEN”.

(Press Association.!

AUCKLAND, Jan. 12

The council of the Chamber of Commerce to-day carried a motion onipliat ically condemns the setting up of . the Wheat Purchase Board.

The resolution said: “The chambe r fears it is futile to protest against tlic? Government’s continued cynical violation of the rights of the consuming public at the behest, and for the benefit, of a small producing minority which lias so long been sheltered from the economic blast.-but H " arus the Government that its continual interference with the ordinary commercial and economic processes is intensifying the effects of the depression and hindering recovery. ft also points out -that it is extraordinary that the Board of Trade Act, designed to protect the New Zealand public against monopolies, should he made the vehicle for creating the most complete monopoly this Dominion ha- yet seen.”

The president said the chamber was thoroughly satisfied that the Government under political pressure, -hud more regard to the interests of the wheat-growers than the community as a whole. POULTRY WHEAT IN WELLINGTON. (Press Association.; WELLINGTON, Jan. 12 According ot a statement by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. R. Masters, the matter of releasing wheat for transport from Blenheim to Wellington will be satisfactorily adjusted in a day or two.

'The "Minister declared that there was no acute shortage of wheat for poultry food.in Wellington. “With regard to the position which has arisen relative to the shipment of wheat from Blenheim to Wellington”, said tlio Minister, ‘‘lt can readily be understood that the Government, having decided to assist the wheat-grow-ing industry, and regulations having been gazetted, the Wheat Purchase Board could not allow the indiscriminate sale of new season’s wheat to take place, thus nullifying the objects fur which the Board was appointed The matter of the purchase of milling wheat from growers, and its re-sule to the flourmillers is now a function of the Board. The Board has been meeting in Christchurch during the past few days. Its executive has been in communication with the Marlborough grain merchants and the matter or releasing wheat for transport to Wellington will he satisfactorily adjusted in the course of a day or two. It is true that some Wellington merchants depending on supplies coming forward during the last dav" or two from Blenheim were unable to immediately fulfil some of their orders on hand, but to infer that there is an acute shortage of wheat for poultry food in the Wellington district is to misrepresent the position.