TRADE CONTROL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 January 1939, Page 7

TRADE CONTROL

NEW ZEALAND POLICY UNDER FIRE INDUSTRIAL OPPOSITION IN BRITAIN. REPORTED EFFECT OF NEW MEASURES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON. January 10. British industrial opposition to New Zealand’s import restrictions will be based on certain prohibitions of which information is believed to have been obtained here privately. It is stated that total prohibitions from Britain will consist of matches, paper bags. glycerine. porcelain, pickles, sauces, canned peas, confectionery, biscuits, cocoa, ales, plate ware, clocks, artificers’ tools, soap, rennet, some footwear, radio sets and hand mirrors, while steel bars sections and electric stoves, grillers and toasters will be subject to reductions of 30 or 50 per cent.

It is also stated that Australian imports will be subject to similar restrictions and prohibitions as the British, with the addition of tobacco, disinfectants. nails, tin ware and potted meats, which will be banned. “STILL GUESSING” COMMENT BY PREMIER & MR NASH. SELECTION BEING MADE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. Statements made in Britain that strong representations may be made by the British Government against New Zealand’s import control regulations and that it is hardly to be expected that Britain will buy products from New Zealand when New Zealand bans British manufactures, were commented on yesterday by both the Prime Minister, Mr Savage, and the Minister of Customs, Mr Nash. “They are still guessing, and they will go on guessing, Mr Nash said.

The Prime Minister, in an interview last evening, said the clearest statement one could put into words had been made in the first place in this connection.

“That was that we are to make a proper selection of the things we need to take from abroad,” he said. “There was nothing said about restriction. We said that naturally we were going to give preference to those who were going to give preference to us —that is. that we would buy where we were selling- , „ “Having decided what we want, the Prime Minister added, “we are going to get it from Britain as far as we can get it from Britain.” Mr Nash, asked whether over-impor-tation had led to restrictions beingplaced on some goods, said that if a census of goods in th'e country could be taken, it would probably be found that there were sufficient stocks of some things to meet all demands for the next 12 months. He knew of some cases where over-importation had taken place.