BRITISH IMPORTS

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19891, 21 May 1936, Page 10

BRITISH IMPORTS

» , .e . 1 GOV ERNMENT 5 POLICY. 1 l __‘_ l i INDUSTRIALISTS OONGERNED. i DEPUTATION TO MINISTERS. 1 (By Telegraph—Press Association.) I \\'ELLNGTON, Thursday. 1 ‘Some indication of the Government's policy regarding British imports was sought by a deputation from the United Kingdom manufacturers and New Zealand representatives who waited on the Prime Minister. the Right Hon. .\l. 'J. Sax‘axei, to—day. The Minister of Customs, the Hon \\'. .\‘ash, and the Minister of In—dustries and Gaininerce (the Hon. D. G. Sullivan) were also present. It. was stated by the deputation that merchants were afraid to operate in the absence of some Clarification of the Government‘s intentions, and that because of the high landing charges here and consequent. handicaps the feeling of goodwill between New Zealand and the United Kingdom industrialists \\'as somewhat strained. ‘ One speaker claimed that New Zea- j land rould take at least another 30 per cent of goods from Britain. 1 Mr Nash emphasised the necessiti" for developing the secondary industries or the Dominion and for arrang-i ing bilateral agreements. He indicated it was New Zealand‘s intention to give; Britain the first chance when it came; to entering reciprocal agreements. 4 .\lr Savage agreed that. trade he: i.\\ee'n_ the Dominion. and Britain must be extended, and hehoped hewould heahle torpunt euro-operation.t‘romi the; members ot‘ the association and? ‘th'e‘interests they} represented in Eli-4 sisting \yh-en .\lr Nash put, his ease to theßritish Government. ‘ I Mr Sarage repeated his assertion that the‘r-ate ot‘ exchange had to come denim. and that the sales tax niust‘ come off. He- assured the deputation} that the ‘Goyernment would nbt‘doi anything to its detriment. l