GANADA’S TIMBER

Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1930, Page 3

GANADA’S TIMBER

1 AUHf.ralian Press Association) OTTAWA, Dec. 18. The details of the tentative (fade agreement between Canada and Australia are closely guarded. The* ( ana-' dian. Cabinet did not inert, to-day, but it 1 is likely that the agreement will he considered at its meeting on Thursday, when a, statement may follow. It is imdeu'stoed that the lurre-nir-nt provides much more favourable automobile and timber schedules for Canada than-docs the existing trade Dart, these items hein'g-especially helpful to Canada in her competition with the Uirted- States on the* Australian markets. The prolV.ro-iiee which Australia gives on Canada’s newsprint is- being 07.tended to woodpul.p, kral'tpa.per, and 1 fnlit-wrap-nimr paper. J Australian butter carries an eight- j '•mils --duty, with a proviso that ' if,: however, the combined Australian nr ice and the Canadian duty is below 32 c'*nts, then the duty increases to stabilise the minimum import price at 32 cents. This is an extensive concession to tlic Canadian dairy farm-er, who is lighting tooth and nail against Commonwealth butter, and who has | threatened to upset the treaty on this item alone. Australia’s greatest gains are naturally in fruits, dried, fresh, and in wines. I