“I did not steal the duck,” said a poacher recently. "I just carried it home for a joke.” He was sentenced, however, for carrying the joke too far. Ottawa.—With her extensive production of wheat and her up-to-date milling plants, Canada is rapidly advancing as a leading producer of macaroni, vermicelli, noodles and other similar products. Production in 1937 amounted to 34,297,721 pounds of which 82,241,815 pounds were exported. Production figures for 1938 are not yet availabc but exports during that year amounted to 7,949.074 pounds. Domestic consumption is estimated at slightly over 2.5 pounds per person.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 May 1939, Page 11
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