The prospect of the Government offering to buy Now Zealand-grown wheat at a fixed price for a period_ of two or three yeans is stated to be interesting 6onie North Island farmers who in the past have not used their land for gram production. There is plenty of land in this island suitable for wheat-grow-ing, and if settlers were aeaured of a price not lower than 4s. 9d. per bushel they might be glad to break up somo of their fields. The immediate return would be fairly profitable even if the yield was low, and the ultimate effect 'in tho improvement oE the pastures would be important. Somo suggestion of dignity, or 6omethinjr akin to that, crept into the .proceedings of tho Military Service Board yesterday. The military representative (Captain Walker) got m nuiskly. "What," he said, "there are retired admirals at Home who hare come back to service, a.nd are occupying the poEttions of second lieutenants.'^
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2968, 4 January 1917, Page 4
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157Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2968, 4 January 1917, Page 4
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