AUSTRALIAN ANOMALY
THE CHEAPEST WHEAT BUT DEAREST BREAD >; SYDNEY, March 1. At the, wheat inquiry, Air,Ernest Field,"' president of the Farmers’ and ’ ‘Association, said that farmfra. 'vyei'p..,',supplying the cheapest iWhea.li in the..(world to Australian mills, yet the people were paying more for bread than any other people. The cost of the wheat lands bought, by the Government for soldier settlements was 'too high. Air Arthur Aston, president of the Farmers’ Defence Association, gave evidence that in 1933 the position of the wheat farmers appeared almost hopeless. They had been unable to reduce accumulated debts, but the cost of farm labor had come down, the rural worker having met the farmer at every turn. The inquiry was adjourned.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18336, 2 March 1934, Page 7
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117AUSTRALIAN ANOMALY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18336, 2 March 1934, Page 7
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