IMPORTED WHEAT
FOR POULTRY INDUSTRY.
AUCKLAND’, August 29
It is not likely that the Government’s decision to import wheat as a poultry food for sale to merchants in the North Island at, 5s 3d a bushel, ex wharf at Auckland arid Wellington,' will result in much relief to the poultry industry, according to Mr F. W. Wells, of Papatoetoe, a prominent'poultry keeper. He •said that the merchants could not handle wheat for -a rdturn of less than 4d a bushel, and this would bring the cost to the poultry keeper up to at least 5s 7d. At present the price was abriut 5s 9d, so any saving would hardly be worth regarding. What the poultry keepers wanted was the admission of wheat into the Dominion duty free, thus lowering the price to, possibly, 4s 6d a bushel.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 August 1932, Page 6
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137IMPORTED WHEAT Hokitika Guardian, 30 August 1932, Page 6
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