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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 12 October 1916, Page 5

Times Service

LONDON, Oct. 11. The Times, in a leader on the Wheat Commssion, says the Government has acted wisely, and intends to avoid the dangerous depletion of wheat reserves. The trade is holding the smallest stocks, oecause it is anticipating the possible release of Russian and Roumanian stocks.

MELBOURNE. Oct. 10. Mr Hughes has announced that the British Government has agreed to purchase half a million tons of wheat on terms which are entirely satisfactory. It is learned unofficially that the amount to'be paid will be a little under four million sterling.