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Otago Witness, Issue 3774, 13 July 1926, Page 48

Tn further reply to the New Plymouth Chamber of Commerce regarding the sale of flour by Distributors (Ltd.), the Minister of Commerce, while recognising that the company is in a position to exercise control, which may in various directions be undesirable, points out that its monopolistic position is not dependent upon or due to the duty on flour, which is imposed for the encouragement of wheatgrowing, which necessarily involved the imposition of a duty on wheat. The Minister also says that, pending the hearing of the appeal case between the Government and Distributors (Ltd.) before the Privy Council, it does not seem possible or reasonable that any action should ,• be taken by the Government in tbia matter. A few days ago a statement was circulated through several newspapers that a New Zea-7 land firm had, owing to an error in coding:/ a cablegram, bought a 50 years’ supply of woolpacke. The fact ia that the error did,, ocour, but waa not nearly ao serious in * ita consequencea aa reported. The valve;) of the woolpacka ordered above requirements . waa lees than £IO,OOO, and tha firm will he. v in the market fox freak supplies within. 19 ') months.