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Evening Star, Issue 20862, 4 August 1931, Page 12

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POTATO EMBARGO. A qiicAion ■■ onceming the lining oi the embargo on New Zealand potatoes entering Australia was recently asked in the .Honsc of Representatives by Air E. ,7. Howard, and the AlinMer of Agriculture replied that he was. communicating with the Commonwealth authorities on the subject.. The ATini't or announced to-day that he had received a reply from Australia expressing regret that the CoinnieiiwcnUh was unable to accede to the request that the restriction on importations should be willednnvn.—'Wellington Press Association telegram. STOCK EXCHANGE. Sale reported this afternoon: King Solomon, 2s Old. U LIAIA ii 0 A’S K 0 UGH TRIP. With about. 1 lit of her starboard rails n ar the after hatch bent: inward- and iron slaunclnons twisted cut of alignment as the result of a heavy sea at !7 o'clock Inst night, the Flimaroa arrived from Sydney id 11.20 a.in., over four hours behind leer schedule time. Captain W’yllic said the trip was one of the worst for year'. A bitterly cold wind was experienced, wi'h biting rain squalls throughout, and high seas repeatedly liroko over the sdiip. The VTainui, on route from Alclbourhe to Die.lT has wirelessed that she is e:-;pt naming hard, southerly. hca'-y ssm,, and that VeifsrdrfV rim was hove to for a time,—WelliPgten Press Association teldc'ra'nl.