THE WORLD’S WHEAT

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 251, 20 September 1933, Page 8

THE WORLD’S WHEAT

ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETS. SEEKING AN ADJUSTMENT. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. > (British Official AVireless.) Received September 20, 8.10 a.m. RUGBY, Sept. 18. The first meeting was held in London to-day under the chairmanship of the United States' Ambassador, Mr Robert Bingham, of the AVheat Advisory Committee, which was set up to consider measures for adjusting the supply of wheat to the effective world demand, eliminating abnormal surpluses and bringing about a rise and stabilisation of prices. The exporting countries represented on the committee are the United States, Australia, Canada, the Argentine and the four Danubian States of Hungary, Bulgaria, Jugoslavia and Roumania, with Russia. The importing countries a.re Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Scandinavia. The committee’s duties are primarily advisory and the main purpose is to review the way in which the agreements reached last month are functioning. The members selected as secretary Mr A. Cairns, formerly chief statistician of the Canadian AA’hoat Pool, who recently has been in charge of the grain information service under the Empire Marketing Board. The committee adjourned until to-morrow.