THE GROWERS' SIDE
"AUCKLAND PROPAGANDA" CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. A reply to Mr. Burton's statement was made by the manager of a leading milling company in Christchurch to-day. He stated that Mr. Burton came fr6m Auckland, and was merely repeating Auckland agitation and propaganda against wheat duties. "At present," he said, "it was not certain there would be a shortage of wheat." There might still he sufficient for New Zealand requirements, allowing for the decrease already apparent in consumption of flour. , "In any case the suggestion made by Mr. Burton that the expected deficiency be estimated and that the wheat necessary to make up the shortage be imported free of duty, was impracticable. It would- offset a market for both wheat and flour to the disadvantage of the wheatgrowers. "We cannot alford to let the grower go out of existence," he
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 150, 17 February 1932, Page 5
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