WOOL SALES CONTROVERSY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue XXXXXI, 14 June 1920, Page 5

WOOL SALES CONTROVERSY.

LONDON, June 11. Mr Watt suspended the wool negotiations a fortnight ago, when the rupture i with Mr Hughes began to develop. At that time the negotiations had reached {the following stage: The British Gov- | eminent definitely refused, Mr Hughes' request to suspend the London sales for six months, and the Government was prepared, to pay Mr Watt £10,000,000 immediately as the first instalment of profits. The Government will shortly publish the report and balance-sheet of the sales to March 31, 1919 i