WHEAT PURCHASE
£IO,OOO OVERPAID ALLEGATION NOT SUBSTANTIATED (Australian Press Association.) (Received this day at 10.25 a.m.) ' iSYDNEY, July 20. The allegation that the New ; !Zealand Government U.puid £10,100; !; too much , for nts recent purchase of ■ Australian wheat is not subtantiated in local .circleSi, £ ni2 : ■ j i ; No New South Wales wheat was involved in the transactions, but a Sydney merchant had a hand in disposing of a number of Victorian shipments. He stated that the'New Zealand Government paid the ruling market price.' Tenders were invited'and competition was quite open.
The wheat purchased from him was of first class quality., one sample going 651 b. to bushel. / *
As Victorian-.f.a.q. is 52|, and New South Wales ; 61£, the full market rates were justified.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 July 1932, Page 5
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