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LANDS MINISTER’S MISSION “NO SONG' OF HATE” By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright
The Hon. A. D. McLeod, ' New Zealand Minister of Lands, according to THE SUN'S Sydney correspondent, j has been doing his utmost to ' cement good feeling between the two Dominions.
SYDNEY, May 27. “I have heard references about a song of hate between the two couu- j tries, Australia and New Zealand. You can take it from me that it is all bunkum,” said Mr. McLeod, at a luncheon given in his honour by the council of the Chamber of Manufactures. “We need Australia as neighbours, and Australia needs us. The primary producer has the big say in New Zealand affairs, and generally speaking, I think the possibilities of trade between Australia and New Zealand are limited. It will become still more limited as time goes on, because natural conditions making for primary production in both countries are very similar. Such vagaries as droughts may give the New Zealand farmer a casual market, but we must depend in the main upon Great Britain. The few hundred tons of butter we may send to Australia do not matter. “We intend to raise the duty on flour, however. Our action in doing so is not understood in Australia, and the psychological effect may be bad for us. Five years ago an agreement was reached between New Zealand and Australia on most of our tariffs, including those concerning wheat and flour duties. “We wish to get Australian wheat into New Zealand, but the fixing of a duty of 2s per cental on wheat, and £3 per ton on flour, proved of wrong effect. It resulted in the importation of flour and not of wheat. We require the bran and pollard, and for this purpose we must have Australian wheat to grist in New Zealand mills. “To rectify the position and induce the importation of wheat, we propose to alter our tariff. We shall always have to import wheat because our seasons will not always suit for the production of sufficient for our requirements.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 60, 2 June 1927, Page 10
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