BRITISH AGRICULTURE.
; COMMITTEE'S REPORT.' '. WAGES AND PRICES-. A. and N.Z,Cabe:- LONDON, March 25. The interim report of Lord Selborno's Committee on the 6 Increase "of . Homegrown Supplies. recommends the establishment of k wages ; ' boards '■-. and ■ guaranteed minimum prices for . wheat and ! oats, and suggests a tariff ;on , imported \ dairy produce, meat, "and corn if imported manufactured; goods be taxed, and the- appointment of assessors empowered to supersede the owners of badly-farmed ; land. : The report - declares • that rabbits must ;be recognised . to be a curse to agriculture and forestry. ',- * ■ . TIE MEAT SUPPLY. LONDON, March 25. ;■'. The Government has appointed a: committee under Lord Devonport, Minister in charge of Food Control, to co-ordinate and organise <Home . and,• imported meat resources for the army and the civilian population. ' ! -'■'."" \
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16499, 27 March 1917, Page 5
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