AUSTRALIA AND N. Z.
REASON FOR STRAINED RELATIONS. DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS BLAMED. TBtSS ASiOCUViOj* —sr aiLEGRAPH—COPTEIGHT v (Received July 26. 10.15 p.ir. • SYDNEY. J illy 2b Addressing the annual meeting o? the Chamber of Commerce. Mr A. Spencer Watts., the president, declared that fear of economic chaster in Australia had beer, replaced by widespread confidence. He went on to comment on actior.> of the Government which uncui; interfered with private entcrpr.Si. and gave as an instance the stra:neu relations between Australia a-.r. New Zealand. He said that one oi the most striking examples ot the effect of the surreptitious shaping of policy by departmental officers could be found in the relations between these two countries. No oatimagined for a moment that the fireblight. root-knot, and potato scab scares were anything but pretexts for inducing Cabinet Ministers to adopt "what departmental officers conceived to be the fees: policy to protect local industry on the one hand, and for retaliation. oa the other.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20918, 27 July 1933, Page 9
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