MR. FRASER ACCUSED OF A POLITICAL MANOEUVRE
LOXDON, Sept. 23. Replviiig to the Xew Zealand Piynu Mini.ster 's statenient tliat 'Empire f'rot trade as the Beaverbrook Press defmeri it. would endanger Xew Zealand \s eu tire iudustrial siluation, tlie Dailv Fxtf press, in an editorial, said the "truth was that -Mr. Fraser was engaged on a Jiolitieal nianoeuvre — and the. people of Xew Zealand would see th rough it. It added that he was well aware that the Dailv Kxpress had always claimed that Empire free trade meant Customs union, roinpJete, inimediate, and unrestricted, between Britain and the Crown Colonies, and a limited partner sliip with the Dpniinions. The Dailv Express Jioped and desired that this part nership would lead as nearlv and as swiftly as possible to the ereation of a Customs union, but was always fully conseious of the need to safeguard flie speciai interest of eaeli Dominion in its industrial and lnanufacturing structure.
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Chronicle (Levin), 25 September 1947, Page 5
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156MR. FRASER ACCUSED OF A POLITICAL MANOEUVRE Chronicle (Levin), 25 September 1947, Page 5
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