AUSTRALIA
FINANCE SCHEMES. STANDARD PRICE OF WHEAT. GOVERNMENT STOCK TO BE SOLD. .Sydney, October 3. It is estimated that the Government's scheme to farm 500,000 acres at "Wya* land will cost £1,000,000. It is understood that negotiations arc proceeding betwem the Federal and Imperial Governments for financing the Commonwealth during the war on similar linos to those .extended to New Zealand uj.hl lAlrioa. Tiie Commodities Commission molred that tht standard p'ice of wheat fixed does not apply to incoming crops. Mr Hall states that owisg to the decrease of London prices it is doubtful whether the wheat seized at -Is 2d is now worth that figure, and it has been decided to seil all takes, Tlie Federal Labor Jlmistry proposes that Parliament should vote £IOO,OOO as a present to the Belgian. Government foi the relief of distress.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 116, 9 October 1914, Page 5
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137AUSTRALIA Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 116, 9 October 1914, Page 5
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