OTTAWA CONDEMNED

Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1932, Page 5

OTTAWA CONDEMNED

BY THE LIBERALS BRITISH POLITICAL CONCERN. if . • ■ . •; (United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright.) / , ■ ONDON, September 21. igir H. Samuel attends to-day’s meetly > ing. 'of the executive K>f the Liberal Federation, When a motion condemning (the Ottawa agreements wi'l be moved. In the meantime, conflicting interpretations are put on U -'the speech of • " Mr 'lsaac Foot, at th e Cardigan by- *■", election, when he declared that; the ■ (Liberals desired the Government’s policy to be truly national. The Ottawa proposals, he said, 1 were partisan. They were not national, and they would be contrary to the nation’s permanent interests, and the Liberals were bound to oppose them. It would b e for./S'r ' ■ H Samuel to decide whether this could effectively ibe done within the “agreement to differ” arrangement. 1 Tlhe “Daily Express” says this I i speech means : that the 'Liberal Minis ters, and probably Lord Snowden also, intend to resign immediately. . Th@ “Daily Telegraph”, takes the opposite view, ! and says there will be no resignations.

BRITISH FRUIT TARIFF. BENEFIT FOB N.Z. EXPECTED. WELLINGTON, September 21. . Th© benefit of a change in the British fruit' tariff from ad valorem to a specific percentage was referred to by Mr Coates, .when addressing the Fruit Oonfere)ioe.| |New Zealand, h© said, had obtained a tariff of 4s 6d per cwt., guaranteed for'five’ years, in place of a ten per cent, prefereince due to expire in November. The chang e from an ad valorem to a specific duty would jnean - the duty would fall • especially heavily on aheap,' low-grade fruit, and have -the effect of; guarding against cheap dumped apples, and be good for INew Zealand. He also referred (to the case for seasonal marketing. He said he thought it a sound d ,,. i

big immigration; SCHEME. MB COATES GIVES DENIAL. WELLINGTON, .'September 21. It is reported that the New , Zealand Government has entered * into an arrangement with ,the Imperial Government to undertake, an immigration schem© with the object of absorbing some of the surplus ’population of the HTnided Kingdom. The statement hag been circulated that the Imperial Government has ' agreed to make availably some 1 millions of poilliida at a small rate of interest, in order to enable the .New- Zealand ' Government to finance this scheme.

The matter Was mentioned to Mr (Coates to-day, but he said that there wag no foundation for the suggestion. The question of immigration,. Mr Coates said, naturally, had been discussed at Ottawa, but no agreement has been entered into.'