SOME QUESTIONS
(Received sth February, 1.30 p.m.)
LONDON, 4th February. In the House of Commons, the Minister of Agriculture, Sir John Gilmour, replying to a question, said that national organisations were now in agreement on the home-grown wheat quota scheme, for which a Bill would shortly be introduced.
The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Runciman, in answer to a question, said that the excess of imports in 1931 over exports was £408,975,000, invisible exports not included.
Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Under-Sec-retary for the Dominions, in answer to Sir Newton Moore's suggestion, in view of the importance of the Otttawa Conferenco, that the Government should consider inviting representatives of the Australian States, as the land, mines, railways, and forests were Stat'e-eontrollca, said that any alteration in the general practice must first be a matter of discussion between the Commonwealth and the States.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 30, 5 February 1932, Page 7
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143SOME QUESTIONS Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 30, 5 February 1932, Page 7
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