AUSTRALIAN TRADE
NEGOTIATIONS WITH JAPAN
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CANBERRA, July 20.
Sir Henry Gullett, Minister in charge of Trade Treaties, announced to-night that, the Japanese Consul, Mr. Murai. had informed him that Japan was prepared to renew trade negotiations with Australia on the basis of the existing trade position. Mr. Murai is awaiting instructions from Tokyo, and it. is -expected that negotiations will be resumed next week.
PRODUCE MARKETING
SYDNEY, July 20
The Privy Council’s decision upsetting the’ marketing arrangements for Australian produce has been widely debated in all states, and the fear is expressed that chaotic conditions will result, in the primary industries unless the Commonwealth Government is able to suggest a way out. The Federal Cabinet will meet, at Melbourne to-morrow to discuss the posi-
Mr. Paterson (Minister for the Interior), in discussing the Privy Council's judgment, said that it means that trade between the states must be free of the quota restrictions which the state Governments agreed to apply within their own borders. In other words, inter-state trade would be freer than intra-state trade, which was an impossible position.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 July 1936, Page 7
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