ORANGES AND POTATOES
NEGOTIATIONS WITH AUSTRALIA DISCUSSION IN FEDERAL HOUSE Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright CANBERRA, October 7. Speaking on the Orange Bounty Bill in the House of Representatives, a Government member. Air •). Dawson, suggested that a section of the Government members should combine with the Labour Opposition and compel the Government to admit 10,000 tons of New Zealand potatoes annually as a reciprocal gesture ” with a view to ending the citrus embargo. Sir Frederick Stewart said ho hoped the interests of Australian potato growers would not bo allowed to stand in the way of an agreement between the two dominions.
A Government member, Mr A. Lane, said the Government would have difficulty in explaining to the country' its handling of the negotiations with New Zealand—not only to citrus growers, but to consumers of potatoes, who were asked to pay fancy prices while the ban remained on New Zealand potatoes.
Air Lawson added that it was taxing the credulity of members and growers to ask them' to believe that the danger of the fruit fly was the reason, for the fruit embargo. The Bill passed all stages.
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Evening Star, Issue 22464, 8 October 1936, Page 9
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185ORANGES AND POTATOES Evening Star, Issue 22464, 8 October 1936, Page 9
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