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WHEAT AND FLOUR DUTIES REMAIN.

—« CABINET'S DECISION. ! With a view to giving every encouragement to farmers to grow sufficient wheat for the Dominion's requirements, the Government has decided to retain the present duties on wheat flour, bran, and pollard. In the course of a statement the Minister of Agriculture says that "any variation of the course decided upon would result in uncertainty in the minds of the farmers, who naturally miighit hesitate to grow more wheat, and so defeat the abject of the Government in its desire to make New Zealand self-supporting in respect of its wheat supplies." "The poultry industry would find it difficult to carry on and pay the cost of wheat, if subject to- the full duty. This is particularly true of the North Island. "Therefore, it has been decided that permits, duty free, under supervision, will be granted for the importation until next harvest of such wheat for fowl feed as may ibe required from time to time: but it is not intended that these permits shall be granted after the next harvest. It is unlikely, says the Minister, that any increase in the price of bread will be caused.

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Shannon News, 26 February 1926, Page 2

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WHEAT AND FLOUR DUTIES REMAIN. Shannon News, 26 February 1926, Page 2

WHEAT AND FLOUR DUTIES REMAIN. Shannon News, 26 February 1926, Page 2

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