IMPORTERS' BUREAU
REPLY TO MR. DWYER-
GRAY
"NOTHING TO ADD OR
WITHDRAW"
(Snecial to the 'Evenlno Posi">
AUCKLAND, This Day.
"The letter from the Hon. E. DwyerGray (published in yesterday's "Post") has not yet been received by the Bureau of Importers," stated the secretary in an interview. . "The Hon. Dwyer-Gray is guilty of the same discourtesy which he charges to the Bureau of Importers in sending the letter to the Press before it could have been received by the addressee.
"When the Bureau of Importers replied by telegram to the comments of the Hon. Dwyer-Gray, it was sent to him at Invercargill the same day as his comments on New Zealand appeared in the Press. His comments were resented by the Bureau of Importers as savouring of political propaganda. It was not known to the bureau that Mr. Dwyer-Gray had then left New Zealand. The reason , for addressing the telegram to him at Invercargill as 'visiting politician' was that Mr. Dwyer-Gray's address in that town was not known.
"Mr. Dwyer-Gray makes a great fuss of what he terms an insulting title, i.e., 'visiting politician.' Either Mr. DwyerGray is or is not a politician. If he is- ashamed of his calling he should retire from it. His further statements show that the comments made by the Bureau of Importers were fully iustified.
"That the.action of the bureau was supported is evidenced by the number of letters received by it from all parts of New Zealand. Leading articles condemning Mr. Dwyer-Gray's statement appeared in some of the New Zealand newspapers. The people of New Zealand will not be surprised at Mr. Dwyer-Gray's outburst when they realise that he is one of those Tasmanian 'politicians' responsible for the embargo on New Zealand potatoes, which makes possible a price for potatoes in Australia of over £20 against the recent payment given by our Government of £3 per ton to the southern potato growers. "The bureau has nothing to add or withdraw from the statement made to Mr. Dwyer-Gray at the time his comments were published."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 55, 7 March 1939, Page 12
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341IMPORTERS' BUREAU Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 55, 7 March 1939, Page 12
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