May Be More Rice Soon
pp. 43-45 · Read in the full issue
AUSTRALIAN Minister for Commerce, Mr. McEwen, said in Canberra on May 3, that he believed more rice might be available soon from Asia and that some home-grown rice might be re leased for Australian consumption. It is believed that both Burma and Indo china have offered rice to Australia and New Zealand in recent months.
Rice has not been available in Aus tralia since early in the Pacific war— most of it has gone to the Australian
Pacific Islands which were cut off from their regular sources of supply about the same time.
When (and if) Par Eastern rice be comes available in New Guinea again it will be interesting to see how the price compares with the Australian product.