BUTTER EXPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 68, 22 March 1933, Page 7

BUTTER EXPORT.

AUSTRALIAN MOVE. Result of Conference With N.Z. Dairy Board Awaited. QUESTION OF RESTRICTION. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph-Copyright) (Received 11 a.m.) CANBERRA, this day. Mr. J. G. Latham, AttorneyGeneral, in the House of Representatives late last night, announced that the Government had decided to defer action in regard to the proposed estriction of the export of Australian butter to the United Kingdom. This decision would enable the Australian Dairy Export Control Board to confer with representatives of the New Zealand Dairy Board, who will arrive shortly. If, as a result, the dairying interests recommended that no restriction be imposed, the Government would have no hesitation in adopting that recommendation. A cable message on March 14 from Canberra stated: The Dairy Export Control Board has reluctantly agreed to a 6 per cent restriction of Australian butter exports to Britain, and has urged the Federal Cabinet to iormulate a plan to finance the loss that will be occasioned. It is understood the restriction is to operate for one year. The Cabinet has agreed to enact legislation imposing a levy- up to one farthing a pound on all butter exported. The proceeds of this will be distributed among producers, eo as to ensure payment of the current market prices for the total amount held back from export. KEPT OFF MARKET? New Zealand Butter Cargoes En Route to Canada. PREJUDICE LOCAL PRODUCE. OTTAWA, March 21. It is reported that the shipments of New Zealand butter in transit *to Canada are to be held off the Canadian market for at least 30 days, according to the trade treaty. The Canadian Government takes the.attitude that the importation of butter at this time would prejudice the Canadian industry, hence its action under the treaty. The 30 days will expire on April 13. Unless some remedial action is taken by then by New Zealand, heavy dumping duties will be imposed by Canada. STILL NEGOTIATING. TREATY WITH DENMARK. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 12 noon.) RUGBY, March 21. The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Walter Runciman, questioned regarding a new trade treaty with Denmark, said that negotiations were still in progress. He added that any agreement the Government might make with another country or with a trade organisation would be laid before the House of Commons before ratification.