100,000 Sacks Of Wheat For N.I.

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31006, 11 March 1966, Page 1

100,000 Sacks Of Wheat For N.I.

More than 100,000 sacks of Canterbury wheat would have been shipped to the North Island by March 18, the deputy-chairman of the Wheat Board (Mr P. B. Marshall) said yesterday.

Since February 11, 10 ships carrying wheat had sailed from Lyttelton and Timaru in quick succession. The wheat, from North, Mid and South Canterbury, was being sent to Auckland, Mount Maunganui and Whangarei.

The movement of wheat was in line with the board’s desire to ship the surplus as promptly as possible as the best way of assisting growers. Great help had been given by the board’s staff and its brokers, ho had arranged the shipments and presented the wheat for grading and shipment in three classes: Hilgendorf for mills; other wheat for mills; and lines with lower baking scores (mainly Arawa) for feed.

It had been necessary to reject for shipment wheat which had become wet because it had been left in bags scattered in paddocks. Fortunately, many farmers had followed advice repeatedly given that those without permanent storage place their wheat in temporary storage in farm sheds or in covered stacks. Mr Marshall said that after the shipments by March 18. any remaining unsold wheat would be shipped as offered by growers. Meanwhile any Canterbury wheat buyers who had not yet bought sufficient supplies to last until the next harvest, should do so without delay. Unless they did any remaining uncommitted wheat would be shipped.