WHEAT GROWERS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10525, 28 February 1920, Page 8

WHEAT GROWERS

CONFER WITH MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE. PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, February 27. A conference 1 of delegates trom the various wheat-growing districts of Canterbury and Otago was held to-day to consider tho question of making recommendations to tho Government respecting the price of wheat for 1921. Mr D, Jones; M.P., president of tho North Canterbury Farmers’ Union, presided, and tho Hon. W. Nosworthy, Minister for Agriculture, was also present. It was decided that the proceedings be held in camera. Before tho Press representatives withdrew the chairman stated that some feeling had been engendered amongst wheat-growers as a result of the last conference. The feeling had been that tho farmers wore not getting market rates. He wished to emphasise the fact that the committee appointed did not go back on the larger meeting. The representatives of tho Board of Trade had placed before the meeting tho price at which they could land Australian wheat in New Zealand. The Government had offers of wheat below tho cabled market price from Australia. The committee closed with the Prime Minister upon tho basis of tho price at which the New Zealand Government could land wheat from tho Commonwealth. Tho Minister conferred for about two hours, with the delegates. The official report afterwards given to tho Press was that an arrangement was come to which will ho made public after Mr Nosworthy has had an opportunity of discussing it with his colleagues.