NEW ZEALAND'S OFFER
REJECTION BY BRITAIN
DOOM OF OTTAWA PACTS
United rress Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. LONDON, March. 25. The "News-Chronicle's" political correspondent says that the British Government message to New Zealand foreshadows the doom of the Ottawa Agreement.
Mr. J. H. Thomas, Secretary, for the Domiuions, replying 'to Mr. Forbes's recent inquiries regarding reciprocity, hinted that the advantages proffered would not outweigh the severity of Dominion competition with British farm products. Cabinet believes tlie imports of Dominion agricultural products must forcibly bo restricted immediately Ottawa's expiry frees the Government's hands.
The "Daily Telegraph," announcing the Government's rejection of New Zealand's offer of lower tariffs in return for a free market for dairy produce, attributes it to the influence of Mr. Walter Elliot, Minister of Agriculture, who is insistent in the interests of the farmer.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 73, 27 March 1934, Page 10
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135NEW ZEALAND'S OFFER Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 73, 27 March 1934, Page 10
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