THE WHEAT QUESTION IN AUSTRALIA
SOME STRONG CRITICISM OF • STATE DEALINGS.'- ' V (Ree. August 22, 7.30 p.iii'.)" Sydney,-August 22. In both the New South.! Wales anA Federal...Parliaments much .criticism is •' 'proceeding in connection with.Jhe wheat question. . In. the. New. South Wales Assembly the Minister of Agriculture put ' up a strpng defence over matters arising out of the recent Commission of Inquiry into the Georgeson contract and subsequent comments thereon. In the Federal House "adverse 'comments—on—■operations of the wheat pool and its al- ; leged wasteful methods led to tho production of much official matter prove that the pool had acted, in the interests of the farmers, and made tire" best of a position rendered very difficult ,by war conditions; and also to show that Mr. PrattenVestiiuatcd loss of thirty million bushels was largely over-estimated. Mr. Pratten's statement resulted in a heavy siump in wheat scrip, estimated 'at ' Jilisoo,ooo.—Press Assn.' ;•
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 281, 23 August 1919, Page 7
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148THE WHEAT QUESTION IN AUSTRALIA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 281, 23 August 1919, Page 7
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