WHEAT FOR DOMINION.
H «n# - •' P '"'in captured SHIPS. IS TENTATIVE ARRANGEMENT. ■ '.' " [BT TH.EGR.VriI,— SPECIAL REPORTER.] t J k h-, ' • AV.uuku, Tuesday. iDDBWSLvo a gathering of his constituents here to-night, the Prime Minister '"1 •' dealt 81 length with the shortage of wheat, and what the Government had done I ...- ; ; . (hereto. He mentioned that ~-;j ; .j tho Government had secured an option - ' 0Te r on* mill' bushels of Canadian wheat should it be wanted. A shipping .'{ - - company had asked £5 per ton for bringing that wheat to New Zealand, but the :'1 ' ;> people need not be afraid of him giving • that price. Already ho had entered into .'] • negotiations for tho loan of three captured ' Gei'man snips to bring the wheat, if "necessary, and the answer to his request lad been in the affirmative. Of course, - i those negotiations had not been completed, '■ - : »nd would not be completed until it was M .{ ; {ound the ships were needed. Y.: 5 • On resuming his seat Mr. Massoy was §§ I %'l loudly applauded.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15864, 10 March 1915, Page 7
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168WHEAT FOR DOMINION. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15864, 10 March 1915, Page 7
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