SURPLUS WHEAT
DISPOSAL ABROAD SALE OF 7700 TONS CONTROL BOARD'S ACTION STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN ■[by TELEGRAPH—PRESS association] WELLINGTON, Friday Tlio following statement was made today by Mr. G. W. Clinkard, chairman of tlio Wheat Purchase Control Board:— "As a result of particularly favourable growing and harvesting conditions the production of wheat for the current season will be considerably in excess of New Zealand's requirements for the ensuing 12 months. "While the Wheat Purchase Control Board has no desire or intention to export wheat to a greater extent than is absolutely essential, in the circumstances it is evident that, the surplus is such that the whole of it cannot reasonably bo carried forward for the possible needs in 1934. As a result the sale of 7700 tons for May delivery has been effected by the board."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21456, 1 April 1933, Page 10
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135SURPLUS WHEAT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21456, 1 April 1933, Page 10
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