AUSTRALIAN CEREALS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11450, 26 February 1931, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN CEREALS

INCREASE IN N.Z IMPORTATIONS..

EFFECT OF HIGH EXCHANGE RATES.

RE-IMPOSITION OF DUTY sought:

(Prbaa Association.’

OHRISTOHURCiH, Fell. 25. Importation of ; cereals hud. other, produce into tho ;Dominion ? froin Australia is eausirig coheern ' to fanners, "arid at tjyday’s meeting of the North . vCahterbin'j; executive of. hhe- Kafniers’ tbiion; •it whs derided ho hsk’ riie 'Ghyernineiit to rc-imppse, duties on these lines! 1 Mr." - Calinl Mclntosh Soil'd' tho high cxehdpgo rates were iri ‘fdyor. of Australiari exporters, carniiiig t the fffilowing deductions from . prices: Flour 30s a ton ; pollard 12s Od a' ton: oats 4-d a bushel; barley 3d a bushel. A dumping duty could be imposed against countries withi <|epl’cciatod currencies, but tbo_ prosent. law did riot allow of, its being applied ,to, nn(iorts . from ; tbo British _ Empire. •;Jt was imperative that. iM’s '.be remeclied. .Tho removal of, duty..ou. stock .foods., tii September,.l,93o. .’bad, hd to-/heavy,'tfihpottatiohs', ';. Tins would render- unsaleable Dahtierbnry .wheat, tvhicli p;wing to unfavorable spdgorik, milling gj-aAe; '"Tip. moyea,, “Tlfat' .the, Government' bet asked 'to ro-iiripbse a ; duty. o li• maize, chaff, bran,. pollard, and Earley.??; ’•■Mr.’. }V. H.. : Muiliollahd,; in , secondihg .tlie.'motion, said tbat .if,tbo prices fbr produceVfel, 1 muohUop-er iu Ne)y Zealand,.'it .wohld meiin ruin for the farmers,-.’ ’ d! A ■- 'l’vtVvv

j The' motion was carried.' ; ,;" ' ' It-' was : also 'resolved.;,that ~tho attention ori the .GpyPnimejffivbfe . drawn td di soa^es’'in Afidtralian olidfrj and tfie necessity for the protection : oF New Zealand, ' crops from, the ibtroduetiou.'.Qf’j.sipclxAdi'Spaf^os.v’?’