TRADE WITH GERMANY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 72, 25 March 1922, Page 14

TRADE WITH GERMANY.

EXPORT NOT RESTRICTED. (By .Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. Replying to a question as to the resumption of trade Avith Germany and Avith reference to Mr. W. J. Poison's recent statement in this connection, the Prime Minister sta_..d to-day that apparently the president of the Xew Zealand Farmers' Union did not knoAA' that there Avas no restriction on the export of goods from New Zealand to tiermany. "As a -matter of fact," said Mr. Massey, "considerable quantities of New Zealand avool have been purchased at the recent avool sales for German manufacturers.

"In the case of importations from Germany permits have been issued since the conclusion of peace for such commoditi«s as potash salts, scientific instruments and books, parts of machines imported from Germany before the Avar, and certain dyes and dairying machinery which could not be obtained from British or Allied countries. The embargo on the importation of German goods into Australia still stands, and AA-as referred to 'by the Prime Minister of the CommonAvealth in a cablegram published in the neAvspapers this morning. The matter of removing the embargo altogether on the importation of German goods into New Zealand is at present under consideration by Cabinet, but there are very serious difficulties in the Avay on account of the depreciated currency in Germany. To alloAV German goods to come into this country would be an exceedingly serious matter for many secondary industries in the Dominion."