POTATO EMBARGO
AGITATION FOR REMOVAL FAMINE PRICES RESENTED [BY CABLE—PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.] (Recd. Feb. 21, 8 a.m.). SYDNEY. February 20. The agitation for the removal of the embargo on New Zealand potatoes becomes stronger dailv. According to advice received from Canberra, tonight certain Ministers are likely to raise'the matter in the Federal Cabinet, which is to meet in Sydney shortly. , While not anxious to embarrass the Prime Minister, whose Tasmanian constituency supplies the bulk of the mainland potato requirements, they feel that they can no longer withstand the pressure from Government supporters, who are. clamouring for relief from the famine prices winch consumers in the Eastern States aie compelled to pay for Tasmanian potatoes. •
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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 February 1939, Page 7
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