THE CITRUS FRUIT EMBARGO
RECIPROCAL GESTURE SUGGESTED
HIGH PRICE OF POTATOES
IN AUSTRALIA
(UNITED PBSSS ASSOCIATION —COPTEIGHT.)
(Received October 8, 12.30 a.m.)
CANBERRA, October 7
Speaking on the Orange Bounty Bill in the House of Representatives, a Government member, Mr J. Lawson, suggested that a section of Government members should combine with the Labour opposition to compel the Government to admit 10,000 tons of New Zealand potatoes a year “as a reciprocal gesture’’ with a view to ending the citrus fruit embargo. Mr Lawson added that it was taxing the credulity of members and growers to ask them to believe that the danger of fruit fly was the reason for the fruit embargo. Sir Frederick Stewart said he hoped the interests of Australian potato growers would not be allowed to stand in the way of an agreement between the two Dominions. A Government member, Mr A. Lane, said the Government would have difficulty in explaining to the country its handling of the negotiations with New Zealand —not only to citrus growers but to consumers of potatoes, who were asked to pay fancy prices while the ban remained on New Zealand potatoes. The Orange Bounty Bill passed all stages, t
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21908, 8 October 1936, Page 11
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