RECORD TURNOVER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 28 June 1943, Page 4

RECORD TURNOVER

A record turnover in wheat, flour, bran and pollard handled through the office of the Wheat Committee for 'he year ended January. sl. 1943. was .e----ported by the Wheat and Flour Controller. Mr R. McPherson, to the electoral committee of United Wheatgrowers, Ltd., at Christchurch, states "The Press,” Reporting on the administration of the Wheat Committee. Mr McPherson said that administration costs on the handling of wheat were less than one-fifth of a penny a bushel The total turnover for the year to January 31 in wheat 'New Zealand milling wheat and Australian imports tions) was £3.013.036. and in flour, brand, and pollard £2.905 102. making a total of £5/)n.138 handled through the office of the Whea. Committee. In all this turnover, bad debts amounted to only £47. Mr McPherson also impressed on members the difference between United Wheat Growers and the Wheat Committee. Farmers, he said had fallen into the habit of calling the electoral committee of United Wheatgrowers the Wheat Committee, but the Wheat Committee was a body set by the Government to administer the Board of Trade (Wheat and Flour) Regulations. and was directly responsible to the Minister of Supply.