India Seeks Food From New Zealand
AUCKLAND, June 20. To liegotiate vvitli the New Zealand (rovernmeut for tlie purchase of certaui fooils by tlie Governnieiit of lndia, Sir Datar Singh, additional secretarv oi the Ministry of Food of the I ndia.ii Uovernment, has arrived by air. 11" has jiist coneluded similar negotiation> with the Australian tio verjnnent for tlie purchase of wheat and tinned and powdo.red milk in as large quantities as couid be snpplied. This was Ihe chief food he was seeking, said Sir Datar. He would also lind out if then was auy possibilitv of importiug supplies of apples and otlier fresli fruit from New Zealand. That would depend on the refrigerated eargo space avail able. There was a likelihood of Ind-a entering into peruianent contracts with New Zealand for supplies of these goods, said Sir Datar.
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 June 1948, Page 2
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