ENCOURAGING HOME PRODUCTION.
Received 10.35. PARIS, March 26. Th e Ministerial Council’s decree prohibits the importation into France of all merchandise except on behalf of the State or goods specially authorised by the Minister of Finance. M. Rfbot, the Premier, states that each country in the Alliance must become as far as possible self-support-ing. The war had become very largely one of transport and finance, and any measure saving tonnage and restoring sxchauge would bring victory nearer. The Government intends to encourage home production of foodstuffs. France, during 1916 spent six hundred million abroad, the imports exceeding exports by four hundred million sterling.
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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 27 March 1917, Page 5
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103ENCOURAGING HOME PRODUCTION. Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 27 March 1917, Page 5
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