GERMAN TRADE.
LIFTING OF AUSTRALIAN EMBARGO. By Telegraph.—Press . Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, August 3. Eleven vessels are listed to load at ‘Hamburg for Australia to September 2. The Port Curtis, the first vessel, is due at Melbourne on Sunday with agricultural implements. The Government ha»s circularised public departments requesting preference to be given to Australian concerns when considering tenders or other transactions. The circular is intended to minimise any detrimental consequences arising from the removal of the German embargo. LOOPHOLE IN THE ACT. Received Aug. 3, 9.30 pjn. Melbourne, August 3. The Customs Department has announced that it is not necessary for importers of German goods to apply to the Minister of Customs for permission to land goods in Australia, as the proclamation winch .forbade importation from former enemy countries was revoked in January last, to take effect from August 1. Customs officials fear that unscrupulous traders will be quick to make use of this loophole in the Anti-Dumping Act.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 August 1922, Page 5
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158GERMAN TRADE. Taranaki Daily News, 4 August 1922, Page 5
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