MR. MASSEY.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 June 1921, Page 5

MR. MASSEY.

THE CASE OF ARMOUR'S. JUSTIFIES THE ACTION. PROTEST AT AMERICA’S TARIFF. < By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.Received June 2, 5.5 p.m. London, June 1. Mr. W. F. Massey (Prime Minister of New Zealand), interviewed by the Aus-, tralian Press Association, welcomed Sir Joseph Cook’s approval of the holding of the Imperial Conference alternately in Britain and the Dominions. Mr. Massey intends pressing the proposal at the conference, and he is hopeful df enlisting Mr. W. M. Hughes’ support. Commenting on a New Zealand cable with reference to Sir Francis Bell’s interchange of despatches with the, United States in reference to meat export licenses. Mr. Massey warmly approved Sir Francis Bell’s action. He repudiated the suggestion that, there was anything arbitrary or unfriendly intended. The export of meat was one of the chief mainstays of New Zealand, and it .was necessary to safeguard It against a repetition of a previous experience, when an American shipment of New Zealand meat to England undersold direct shipments. Mr. Massey regretted that America’s new tariff proposals were calculated to arrest New Zealand trade, which multiplied fourfold between the pre-war and post-war periods.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.