STILL HIGHER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19769, 17 February 1927, Page 7

STILL HIGHER

THE DUTY ON FLOUR REQUEST TO THE GOVERNMENT (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 16. “This conference urgently requests the Government to adopt one means at its disposal to prevent tho importation of low-priced flour from depressing the price of New Zealand-grown wheat, which is happening at the present time, to the great disadvantage of the grower. The deputation previously appointed is instructed to proceed to Wellington and press the matter strongly upon the Government.” The resolution was carried unanimously to-day by a representative gathering of wheat growers, merchants, millers, and others in tho business associated with wheatgrowers. It was the general opinion of the meeting that the dumping duty should be 255. One speaker said that if this would not suffice to exclude Australian flour the Government should use other means. Mr W. Machin, general manager of the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op. Association: We don’t want Australian flour here. It is an undue hardship for our growers to face. He also argued that if it was legitimate to put 40 j>er cent, dutv on boots, why not 30 per cent on flour?