N.S. WALES WHEAT SCANDAL.
ROYAL COMMISSION SITTING.
GOVERNMENT SALE JUSTIFIED
Proas Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, July 22. Before the Wheat Commissiin Mr Graham (Minister of Agriculture) gave evidence as to the quality of the 1916-17 wheat. He said that the business was a nightmare. At the end of two years there was roughly 160,000 tons of wheat under quality in iSew South Wales. The British Government had refused to take deliver}', arid the Federal Government was not allowed to send any more to America. There was then only the East left. Georgeson's contract covered 72,000 tons valued at between £500,000 and £700.000. He considered the sale an excellent bargain for the farmers.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17684, 23 July 1919, Page 5
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111N.S. WALES WHEAT SCANDAL. Otago Daily Times, Issue 17684, 23 July 1919, Page 5
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