AUSTRALIAN DROUGHT.
HELP TOR SUFFERING FARMERS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, October 16. Mr Ashford has arranged a comprehensive scheme for the assistance of far.mers alfected by the drought. Provision is made for tiding necessitous farmers over the period of adversity and in view of this the Government is appealing to storekeepers and machinery firms to refrain fmm harassing farmer clients. It also proposed to establish representative local boards in each shire to ascertain the needs of farmers and distribute the necessary assistance. In the Assembly Mr Holman announced that Mr Ashford would administer the Lands and Agriculture Departments pending the Wheat Commission presenting its report. ' In view of the anticipated failure to a large extent of the present wheat crop and the possibility of the yield being insufficient to supply seed for next season, the Government was urged in the Assembly to take steps to secure all tlie present year's crop for seed purposes in order to prevent private' firms purchasing it and retailing it to farmers at exorbitant prices. The reply was that the Minister of Lands was acting'in that direction. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1919, Page 6
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185AUSTRALIAN DROUGHT. Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1919, Page 6
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