WHEAT AND FLOUR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 12, 15 January 1915, Page 8

WHEAT AND FLOUR.

IMPORTS COMING TO HAND. jJL'JUi I'U-SOS AiJCOCIAiION. J Wellington, January 11. With reference to the holding up ot the Kaiupoi, Mr Massey states that ae had communicated with Mr lusher, the Federal Premier, who laid replied indicating that he was taking action. Beyond that he had received no advices. The trouble has occurred over the action of the Mew South Wales Government in seizing “all wheat within the boundaries of our State.” The Government then controlled the sale, distribution, and export. Having a surplus, the Government sold 100,000 mshels to the Mew Zealand Government. One condition was that the Sew Zealand Government should undertake to sell to the Mew South Wales Government a like quantity of wheat after our harvest is saved, and S\ r Masses- states that the condition practically"stands. The Commonwealth Government -'never admitted the ng v Pf the Mew South Wales Government to commander and deal with wheat m that State, and, it appears, is desn,i,s of preventing the wheat from viim exported. Against this set back, advices received by Mr Massey show that merchants ; n New Zealand are importing conuderable quantities of Hour, having been encouraged to do so by the ienission of duty, and also as a result of negotiations between the Mow Zealand and Commonwealth Governments, which allow “contract” flour to he imported into New Zealand and Australia. Mr Massey added that many hundred of tons had already reached \>v Zealand under that arrangement. He had received advices that by the Riveriria, to Auckland, one consignee ■eceived 220 sacks of flour, amt another •374 . sacks, and that on the Warrimoo .here are fifteen tons of flour for one Wellington merchant and thirty-five ons for a Dunedin merchant. Similar consignments to various firms are hie practically every week. In addition there are 300,000 bushels of wheat now m the road to New Zealand from St. John’s (Canada), by the s.s. Hesperjus. so that the delay in the Kaiapoi’s shipment will, at the worst, be only i temporary inconvenience.