FARMERS’ DEBTS TO STORES
‘“APPALLING” POSITION IN N.S.W. i 1 . .■ ■ ■ APPEAL MADE TO MINISTER. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, November 19. A deputation representing 300 country storekeepers informed the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, that the debts against farmers on the books of country storekeepers amounted to £6,000,000, the amount being arrived at by .calculating the exact total owed to 89 and striking an average for the remainder. One speaker said storekeepers had carried farmers’ debts until they themselves were in a parlous position and were unable U continue farmers’ credit. Another said that rust in wheat and low prices had created a crisis of appalling magnitude. He was appalled by the position, for storekeepers could not expect even half the amount due to them.
A third said if assistance was not given the farmers would soon be off the land, and itorekceyera with them.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1930, Page 9
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