SUBSIDY POLICY
WHERE BRITAIN STANDS. DESIRE FOR FAIRNESS. ADVICE TO NATIONS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) Received November 21, 11.15 a.m. RUGBY, Nov. 20. Referring in his address in the House of Commons to the question of trade, the Prime Minister (Mr Ramsay MacDonald) said the Government would continue their present policy, which had resulted in such good effect on Britain’s trade position. They were subsidising shipping because they were being competed with by subsidies given by other countries. Alt they- were proposing to do was to establish some measure of equality. “Here and now in this way the Government desire to let it be known to these countries,” said Mr MacDonald, “that as soon as they are willing to come to an arrangement that will be fair we are prepared to come to that arrangement.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 304, 21 November 1934, Page 7
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139SUBSIDY POLICY Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 304, 21 November 1934, Page 7
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