THE WHEAT SUPPLY.
SHIPMENTS FROM , AUSXRACIA. I (Feom Our Own WELLINGTON, January 16. There have been spine ; complaints ,of late about the' alleged shortage of milling "wheat in the North Island. . Th'p Minister of Agriculture ' said to-day ' that there was no shortage of wheat in. the country, though there was not overmuch of it in. the North Island, i The Government, knowing that ■wheat would have to come from Australia, and: knowing that, it was cheaper to land wheat in the North Island than in the South Island, refrained from using the shipping for the purpose of bringing South Island wheat to the North. The plan of the Government was to supply the North Island with as much as possible from Australia. The Kauri was at present on the way, to Australia, and she' would bring back a cargo of wheat to the North Island. Mr' Mao Donald added that : although the acreage* under- crop this 'year : in New Zealand was less than last year, he was informed that the, yield was bo much better that the return would be more in the total than last, year..
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Otago Witness, Issue 3384, 22 January 1919, Page 11
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