DUTIES ON WHEAT.
FURTHER REDUCTION URGED. POULTRY FARMERS' VIEWS. A resolution urging n further reduction in the duties on imported wheat was carried unanimously at a meeting of poultry farmers in Auckland. A telegram sent to the Prime Minister was as follows:—"This meeting regrets that the reduction in the sliding scale of duty on imported wheat was so small, and urges that the tariff be further reduced, as it is the opinion of poultry-keepers that undue protection should not be given to wheatgrowers to the detriment of other producers." The handicap placed on the poultry industry by the high price of wheat was referred to by Mr. W. .T. Jordan, M.P., at the opening of the Onehuiiga Poultry Show last evening. He said it prevented the development of a profitable export trade. No eggs were exported from New Zealand last year, whereas 70,740,000 were exported from Australia, where wheat was cheap. Mr. J. B. Mcrrett, formerly of Christchurch, who was organising the Australian export trade in eggs, had stated there was a good demand in Britain for New Zealand eggs. New Zealand was importing eggs from Canada this year, whereas the local production should lie encouraged by cheaper grain.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20897, 12 June 1931, Page 12
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DUTIES ON WHEAT.
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20897, 12 June 1931, Page 12
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