PEOPLE’S FOOD.
PREFERENCE TAXES. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. LONDON. May 1. Colonel Wedgewood-Benn asked, in the House of Commons, whether tho Government would concede, at the Imperial Conference, preferential treatment to the Dominions in the matter of important foodstuffs. Air S. Baldwin (Chancellor of the Exchequer) in replying, said that it was not advisable to anticipate the discussion oil this subject. Colonel Wedgcwocd-Beim asked: Docs that mean that this House will not be allowed to form or shape the policy to lie presented to Hie conference by our representatives? Mr Baldwin: I think we must wait and see what will he proper for us to consider. Coy mol Wcdgcweiud-Beiin: Does that mean that the House will be only presented with the decisions reached, without being asked what its own views are ? Air Baldwin: It is difficult to discuss in the House of Commons a subject which one does not know will be raised or not.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 May 1923, Page 1
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156PEOPLE’S FOOD. Hokitika Guardian, 3 May 1923, Page 1
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