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CANBERRA, Tues.:
Plans to control potato
marketing in Australia
will be. discussed in
Melbourne on A.ugust
12.
The Victorian Minister
for Agriculture (Mr. Stone
ham) said today he had
arranged for Agriculture
Department ofilcials from
Victoria, NSW, Tasmania
and SA to attend the meet
ing.
Mr. Stoneham hopes to
report at the next meeting
of the counci on the pos
sibility of organising potato
growing and mnarketing so
that every State has regu
lar supplies.
At present potato sup
plies are being attracted to
NSW where they have been
decontrolled. Other States
are going short.
ine officials to meet in
Melbourne next month will,
it is believed, discuss the
possibility of guaranteeing
stable prices for potato
growers and allocating fair
shares of the crop to all
States.
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