THE CLOSED DOOR.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 583, 11 August 1909, Page 7

THE CLOSED DOOR.

POTATO PESTS IN QUEENSLAND AND ~ | ; TASMANIA. : : ] (By* Tclegraph.-Press | ■ flobart, August ,10 I .'lt is stated that fifteen.thousand pounds* | worth of potatoes are held up owing , to the j action of the New South Wales Government j in prohibiting Tasmaiiian and Queensland I imports,, owing to Irish blight. '■ • , Perth, August 10. -. Owing to tho State Government's pro- j Irihition of the import'of Tasmanian and'? . 'Queensland potatoes, famine prices are pre- ; | dieted for potatoes, as 75 per bout, of tha j West Australian supply is imported from , , Tasmania. - ' ■■ - , Melbourne, August 10. ] Under, the Victorian Act three weeks' i j notice must bo given before Tasmaniao ' potatoes can be prohibited. Notice will b« 1 j issued immediately. I PROHIBITION TOO LATE, ' j . (Rec., August 10, 9 p.m.) ! Sydney, August 10. | Tho price of potatoes has advanced anothef ! ,10s. per ton. > . •.. .. 1 1 ' Importers contend that the' proposed pro. | hibition of tho importation of Tasmanian 'aid, " ■ Queensland potatoes is too late, so far' m ■ i preventing the spread of the disease is con. '' { corned, as already- hundreds of tons of Taa* maniari. potatoes have been planted in this State, _and the planting season for them isr ■ ! now -practically over. • ■ ;