WHEAT FROM AUSTRALIA.
ANOTHER DISTORTED STORY. j [BY TELEGRAPH.— rOERESPON'DEN'T.j WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Tee Minister for Agriculture was asked by | Mr. G. Witty to-day whether it was cor- ■ rect that the Government had the oppor- | tunity of loa ,'pg in Australia three ships , with wheat for New Zealand durh~ the pr*t month, hut had declined the offer 'or fear that at thiii end there wouid be trouble in unload 1 ' <■ Ih- -■ ,ah. The- Hon. '". i; S. Lif.^M 1 ! -,-, *>■ iply, v stated that lnj had had 'u uB if oi any ship. I 4 had bo?n suggests that '.hey mieht have en* of the transports loaded with vheat. bu:, :.i view of the sacks being poor necessitating a sped? vessel, and the , possibility of he strike b'-ini' shortly over lit wis nor. consij"-ed Rd'.isable to I persevere with this plan.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16672, 17 October 1917, Page 6
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138WHEAT FROM AUSTRALIA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16672, 17 October 1917, Page 6
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