CANADA’S BAN

Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1930, Page 3

CANADA’S BAN

ON N.Z. BUTTER.

riiy lelegrapti—Per Press AssOciuuou.i

WELLINGTON, Sept. 23,

Mr MeNicoi, woo ntumeu t—day 110,11 tue Press Coiileience, m r*-gaiu bo Canada, s uiity on imum, saia lie was pleased mat M r worees auu empiiasisetl the position, as it li.,u oeen imitle pia'in by some oi tiie delegates alien u,ey passed inrougn ajanaua en route to Englanu. He paid a u i-btue to tlm hospitality tney iiad received in Canada uud also at Home.

VVEojiillNul o-\, ~'Sept. 22

An interesting reierence to tue reeling in uauutu regaining tue increased duty on New Zealand buuer wa.s made i»y Air A. Ale Nicol, one o. the .New Zealand delegates to the imperial Press Ooniereiiee, who re.umeu to-day »y the Alaunganui I ruin Syuney.

■AI the time Lliat the New Zealand delegates Were ;n Canada on oneir way to the. oonferenec\ said air AleNicol, the Muciveiizie King Government orirnghl down its Jiuuget, wu,, a tax on New Zealand Imtter, ana those members of the party who represented toe North Island dairying districts felt impeded to express thenviews in newspaper inteviewls and in the public speeches that they were called upon to make. They round a considerable amount ol sympathy among the public and the business community, particularly in Yamouvey, and the oilier cities in the west, whore New Zealand butter was a necessity in the winter. 'l’lie general opinion was tnat the duty imposed was ivally the result of political activity an the part ol a section ol die

’•We pointed out that retaliation must naturally follow from New Zealand,’’ said Mr McNicol, “and tins was feared by the exporters of > Canadian newsprint paper and by the manufacturers of other Canadian products imported by New Zealand. 1 am pleased to see that Air Forbes has emphasised the position as it was made plain by some of our party. While we were in Canada, we felt somewhat diffident, as we were aceptim; such unbounded hospitality, in stri ring a note that affected their internal politics, but we considered .fiat we were in-duty bound to do it u the interests of this country. The ■josn.on was so-’serious that some ol as felt that we could not hold our on ( 'lies about it. The present attitude of retaliatory measures is just what we felt at the time must develop, and for that reason we issued a warning note.”

N.Z. ALOTOR DUTIES

MAY CAUSE CANADA TO RELENT

.MONTREAL, Se.pt. 23

A message from the town of Windsor states that, on returning from' Ottawa-, where he has been in conference with the Hon. G. AV. Forbes (Prime Minister of New Zealand), and Hon. AL Bennett (Prime Minister of Canada), and the Canadian Minister of National Revenue (Mr Ryckman), Air Wallace Campbell, the President of the Ford Alotor Company in Canada, said that he left “very confident that something would be done by New Zealand in regard to a preference cm Canadian automobiles in return for similar preference's by Canada on New Zealand products.”