CROWDED OUT

Evening Star, Issue 16089, 14 April 1916, Page 7

CROWDED OUT

I NECESSITIES LACKING, BUT LUXURIES COMING IN. [Special to the • Star. '] CHRISTCHURCH, April 13. Regarding luxuries crowding out necessities, .Mr H. G. Eli, M.P., informed a reporter that ho lnid discovered a serious shortage of accessories for milking machines, and owing to space being occupied by motor cars and other such luxuries firms were unable to import their requirements One ChristchuTch firm wanted 9,000 tent ciasps for milking machines, and were umiwie to them. Aluminium was also in large demand for these machines, and since the British Government had prohibited its exportation the matter was a serious one indeed. Mr Eil said he had approached Sir Joseph Ward on the subject, and Sir Joseph's suggestion was that the Dominion O'-'-M-nment should write to the Imperial authorities on the matter, pointum out that the prohibition was seriously menacing or.c of the staple industries'of New Zealand, and recommending that in all cases of export the invoices should bs passed by the High Commissioner and forwarded direct to the New Zealand Government, who would not deliver the poods until they were perfectly satisfied that they were necessary to the industry indicated. Cabinet had met, and had corsid?red the matter, and had approached the Imperial Government on the lines suggested.. Air Ell said that he had not heard the result of the communication.