EMBARGO ON HIDES.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 January 1920, Page 5

EMBARGO ON HIDES.

A TWO-SIDED QUESTION. DEPUTATIONS TO THE PREMIER. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The embargo on hides was the subject of interviews by two deputations which waited on the Prime Minister today. The first was a deputation representative of the producers and freezing companies of the Wairarapa district, asking for the removal of the embargo, and then a deputation representing the boat trade asked that on no account should the embargo be removed. In the course of his reply Mr Massey said the Government was anxious to do its duty by the producers, and also to the consumers. If that had not been the case there would not have been any embargo in the first instance. He hoped the time would soon eomo when no raw material would be exported from tnw country, b'ut the whole of our iaw material would be converted into manufactured goods before being exported. Both sides of this question were fully thrashed out at a recent conference. He promised that the Government would consider the matter fully and he hoped that a conclusion would be reached which would be satisfactory to the whole community, but he could tell them that the present position of things was cawsing a great deal of agitation throughout the whole country, and was the cause of a great deal of annoyance to the Government. What the Government would do he was not prepared to say, but he hoped to be able to announce a decision within a week or two.