WHEAT COMMISSION.
AN EXCELLENT BARGAIN. By Telegraph—Press A.aooiation—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received July 22, 12.30 p-m.) SYDNEY, July 22. At the Wheat Commission, Mr Grahame. Minister of Agriculture, gave evidence that the quality of the 1916-17 wheat was a nightmare. At the end of two years there was roughly 160.000 tons of wheat under quality in New ; South Wales. Tlie British Government had refused to" take delivery, and tho Government was not allowed to 1 send any more to America. There was then only the East left. Mr Goorgeson’s contract cover'd 72 000 tons, of,a value of’ ! between £500,000 and £700,000. He; j considered the> sale was an excellent 1 bargain for the farmers.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19190722.2.67
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Issue 12699, 22 July 1919, Page 6
Word Count
116WHEAT COMMISSION. Star (Christchurch), Issue 12699, 22 July 1919, Page 6
Using This Item
Star Media Company Ltd is the copyright owner for the Star (Christchurch). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Star Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in