DAIRY EXPORT
DOMINIONS AND RESTRICTIONS
REQUEST FROM BRITAIN
WELLINGTON, February 16
Informal discussions are at. present taking place between , the, Imperial authorities and the Governments of the various Dominions on the best means of overcoming the petition
■which has arisen through over-impor-
tation of dairy produce into the United Kingdom; This information was contained in n statement mads this afternoon by Mr Forbes, who expressed confidence as to the ultimate outcome of the negotiation;. Mr Forbes paid that no official, intimation had been received from the British Government as to the details of the over-supply, but through the High Commissioner had come an invitation to make suggestions as to Hie best method by which the position, a;> disclosed in the Press cablegram, could be met. On receipt of this advice the •Government had referred the" question to the Dairy Export Board, which was to meet to-morrow to consider the situation. Th e Board would make its •recommendations to the Government, which, after consideration, would forward its suggestions to the High Commissioner for transmission to the British Ministry.
“Will you suggest in the event of any scheme of restriction being adopted, -that Danish export's should 'coma linger it?” Mr Forbes" was asked. The Prime Minister' said that an y restrictions mast apply to foreign as well as to Dominion supplies. It is gathered that although consultations are • still in the preliminary stage, the outcome- will be a radical .change in th e policy adopted by the (Dominion for marketing dairy pro-, duce on the British market. Tile view gerer?Tv• held hers is'that unless some quantitative restriction is imposed on all - supplies, there is' no chance of a recovery in the price level. It is..'considered that the only -way out is the introduction of a quota system along the lines’ of the Ottawa ’Meat Pact-,, and the expectation is that .any announcement, . when made, will indicate the adoption of this policy/ It is recalled that the Ottawa;C ol1 ‘ f.?rence .refected - the New Zealand pro-, pos-'ls that the quota system should apply to dairy produce. NEW ZEALAND’S ATTITUDE. “Our attitude has always been,” h«. added, '“tbjit when there is a restriction, foreign products must come under it. If that position arises, the New Zealand Government will, undoubtedly press its view very strongly.” Reminded of the tariff concession that New Zealand dairy .produce wa.s given under th e Ottawa Agreement, Mr Forbes said that it had to be recognised that with that, as with other agreements, the advantage could tee used for bargaining purposes with other countries with whom it was deciyled to make satisfactory arrangements.
M-r Forbes said that without taking an alarmist view of anythi-g v*at tended to imperil New Zealand’s overseas markets or prevent the fullest advantage being taken of them, .it must be a matter of concern to th e Dominion. At the same time the Government was alive to the position of the private producer. “I feel quite confident,” he added, “that we will be able to arrive at a satisfactory arrangement in connection with the present development. The present consultations are of purely an informal nature and no definite .announcement can be made until alter the re-Apt bv th e Government pf the oninion of the Dairy Export Board. The first 'definite statement will probably come from the British Government after the attitnd e of the various Dominions has been ascertained.’’
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