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IMPOSITION OF DUTIES. ACTION IN DOMINION. AUSTRALIAN COMMENT. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received March 2, 8.5 a.m. MELBOURNE, Mar. L “New r Zealand is within her rights in seeking to protect her domestic industries, but Australia still retains a great proportion of her trade in New. Zealand,” said the Minister for Trade and Commerce (Mr T. AV. AVhite) today. Australian manufacturers bad the opportunity of beginning operations in New Zealand as some already have done. Examination of the provisions of the new trade pact, which operated to-day, showed increases in 6b items of Australian exports. Mr White said that the negotiations had led to a better understanding in the two countries. The old controversy of citrus versus potatoes was satisfactorily settled. The New Zealand 40-hour week had increased costs to such an extent that the manufacturers required increased duties to protect what trade they had. The secretary of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce (Mt T. A. Len-nox-Bigger said that Australia had no cause for complaint against the duties on manufactures because New Zealand was only adopting the Australian policy of encouraging local secondary industries.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 79, 2 March 1938, Page 9
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