AMERICAN ITEMS.
’UBTBtLIAN AND N.Z- CABLE AhSOOIATXON. trade agreement between AUSTRALIA AND CAXDADA. OTTAWA. Feb. 3. With tlie opening of Parliament, only three days oil', it- is persistently rumoured that,' owing to the opposition of the Western provinces to the Aus-tralian-Canadiau trade agreement. iiie Government, would not be entirely < is--satislied if the treaty failed to secure ratification. The Western Farmers' Progressive Party, on whose 05 votes the Government depends, has been conducting a vigorous campaign against tT.o agreement, particularly against. Australia's decision regarding the tierce n tage of British Labour, entitling goods to preferential treatment:. There is. however, no suggestion that the Government will drop the Ratification Bill od that the Government is really in any danger of defeat.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1925, Page 2
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119AMERICAN ITEMS. Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1925, Page 2
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