NEW SOUTH WALES WHEAT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 20 February 1915, Page 2

NEW SOUTH WALES WHEAT

NO MORE TO BE EXPORTED. .Pbess Association. —GofyaioHi.) SYDNEY, Feb. 19. The Wheat Board has decided that no more wheat shall be exported from New South Wales anywhere. This means that Victoria, West Australia, and South Australia will have to purchase from outside sources. As regards flour, it is stated that applications from neighbouring States will be sympathetically" dealt with. It is understood that they will be allowed to obtain normal supplies at the stipulated price. Presumably this also applies to New Zealand, should the Dominion still desire to obtain a but in the absence of definite information regarding the exact number of bushels of wheat available, the Board a]jparently is not desirous of making a definite statement regarding quantities and price. Nothing has yet been decided as to the payment for tho wheat supplied to New Zealand TASMANIAN PURCHASE FROM ARGENTINA. HO BART, Feb. 19. The Government is purchasing 7000 tons ■of Argentine wheat at a cost landed of ; 8s 3d. It will sell to millers at 8s conditional upon their supplying bakers with flour at not more than £l7 a ton, .the ;latter selling bread at the 21b loaf. The Government is negotiating for the,, purchase of a similar quantity■ of Canadian wheat.