NO EMBARGO
ON IMPORTATIONS OF FLOUR. GOVERNMENT’S POLICY. WELLINGTON, March 8. The Government’s policy in regard tc the wheat and flour question was defined by the Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. O. J. Hawken) to-day. There will be no embargo on the importation of flour, and the dumping duty will not be increased. The Tariff Revision Commission, however, will inquire into the whole position of the wheat industry, and if there is found tc be a discrepancy in tho relative duties on flour and wheat, the Government will endeavour to .get the House next session to agree to an adjustment of the tariff. The Government has considered the alternative suggested solution of the present difficulty—viz., an embargo on flour, but the objections are: (1) Such action might reasonably be regarded as being in conflict with our reciprocal agreement with Australia; (2) An embargo would not be in the> interests of the consumer; and (3) In view of the extra quantity of wheat grown this year, it is very doubtful if an embargo on flour importations would have the effect hoped for by the New Zealand grower of wheat.—(PA.)
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Wairarapa Age, 9 March 1927, Page 5
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188NO EMBARGO Wairarapa Age, 9 March 1927, Page 5
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