BRITISH TARIFFS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 141, 6 February 1932, Page 2

BRITISH TARIFFS

DOMINIONS AND PRESS OPINION ACCLAYMS MEASURES GRATIFIED N.Z. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTCHURCH, Friday Gratification that dairy " .produce is not included among the exemptions from the British tariffs, thus allowing New Zealand a definite advantage over foreign exporters. of butter and cheese was expressed by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, to-night. "At the last [Imperial Conference, said Mr. Forbes, "the Dominion madeit clear that they were not looking for protection in regard to wool, since that was a raw product on which ,the great woollen industry of England was based. The exemption of meat was also to be expected, but that was not in the products under discussion. It was tbought a reasonahle thing to ask for preference in regard to butter and cheese. . "I feel gratified that this has been done since there has been a certain amount of anxiety among dairy producers," stated Mr. Forbes. "Prefeiv ence given to the Colonies opens the way for discussion at the Ottawa Conference. It will be entered into in the best possible spirit. The position of free trade has not been in any. way prejudiced, and we hope to make mutual satisfactory arrangements regarding reciprocal trade." Mr. Forbes stated emphatically that New Zealand would, at all Costs, be represented at the Ottawa Conference, and that the Dominion representative had not yet been decided.