TRADE TREATY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 14, 30 December 1930, Page 5

TRADE TREATY

CANADA AND AUSTRALIA

COMPLETION IN FEW DAYS. RUMOURS OF DIFFICULTY DENIED. United Pr**a iisoolctloo-Bj Cabl*Copyrlfht.l (Received 80,11.40 am.) Ottawa, Dec. 29. Expressing confidence that the details of the trade agreement will be worked ont in a few days, Mr. Moloney to-day declared that rumours that difficulty had arisen in the negotiations were without foundation. No particular significance should be attached, he said, to the return to Ottawa from Vancouver of Mr. Stevens. Insofar as the negotiations are concerned, it merely meant that it was more convenient to continue the discussions here. The original plans were that the final details should be dealt with in Vancouver. Mr. Stevens arrived at Ottawa on Tuesday. The question of the importation of Australian butter is understood to have caused some difficulty. In an interview a few weeks ago Mr. Moloney expressed hope that the matter could be arranged so that the advisory board be set up here, upon whose advice the Australian Government would regulate the movement. On the other hand, several members of the Dominion Government are believed to hold that there should be no difference in the import duty as between Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Moloney declined to discuss the situation but reiterated l}is statement that the treaty arrangements would probably be completed within a few days.