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UNWARRANTED HIGH PRICES. MEAT HAS PRECEDENCE OVER FRUIT EXPORT. GOVERNMENT~TRADE IN MEAT. THE PRICE OF BREAD. Melbourne, March 11. Mr. Tudor, discussing the unwarranted high price of bread, stated that Australia held sufficient wheat for seven months' consumption and enough seed for ten million acres. Perth, March 11. The Foodstuffs Board ordered millers to cease gristing and hand over all wheat owing to the shortage of seed. Hobart, Marcli 11. The Secretary of State cabled in No- ' vember that the Imperial Government had taken all shipping space except that taken over by the Commonwealth. Lord Inehcapc expects to interfere as little as possible with the regular fruit trade. The congestion in the meat trade, must be relieved. Sydney, March 11. Tlie Government proposes to buy sheep in the saleyards and sell the mutton to the. Imperial Government. NO HALF MEASURES. ifieceived 12, 2.5 a.m. March 11 Mr Pearce states that the Federal Government is taking over all woollen mills in Australia, and also controlling their organisation in order to obtain the maximum results. Goods will be turned out solely for military pur- , poses, and the Government may even I have to import material.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 234, 12 March 1915, Page 5
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