WHEAT FOR NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT LOOKING. . AHEAD. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) . Auokland,! March 9/ Speaking at a gathering .of his constituents at Waiuku to-night, Mr, Massey, referring to the. importation of wheat by the Government; said that the Government had the option over a further million bushels, which would be purchased if necessary. He bad made inquiries about freight, and the shipping company had asked for £5 per ton, but he was not going ,to pay anything like that, so he made an arrangement under which if New Zealand required and he bought that wheat three captured German steariiers would be lent to the Government for the purpose of kinging it to New Zealand. No definite arrangement had been made, but those ships would be available if required.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2405, 10 March 1915, Page 8
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127WHEAT FOR NEW ZEALAND Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2405, 10 March 1915, Page 8
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