PRIORITY PERMITS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 127, 29 May 1918, Page 2

PRIORITY PERMITS.

6,366 APPUCATIONS RECEIVED SOME IMPORTANT TRADE COMMUNICATIONS. < 1 The lion. Arthur M. Myers stated thie 1 morning that his Department had dealt i with C,.iOG applications for priority per- i I ruits to date, involving orders to the ! < value of £2,974,150. At the present < time there are 26 orders ready for certi- I fleation, and 30 orders under considera- 1 tion. Mr. Myers pointed out that the J prolonging of the war naturally created < conditions under which it was difficult I for his Department to make successful j representations in regard to all matters I which had been brought 'before him, but | ' j having regard to extraordinary condij tions he was pleased to state that on J I the whole very satisfactory results had Iso far been achieved. At the moment, ' i important communications were being i . exchanged between the Imperial authori- ! ties and the New Zealand Government in I I regard to the Trade between the United : ■ States of America and the Dominion. The : j negotiations were not yet complete but the Minister hoped to be able at an ' early date to make some announcement ' in regard to the matter- '