Stevedores And Cargo For Japan

Northern Advocate, 16 February 1938, Page 3

Stevedores And Cargo For Japan

'Received 2 p.mJ ■ LONDON, February 15. In the House of Commons, Mr Malcolm MacDonald said he had no knowledge. except the Press reports, of Australian and New Zealand stevedores refusing lo handle cargo to Japan, and he was not aware of any munitions shipment to Japan from the Dominions. Mr MacDonald did not reply to a suggestion that stevedores were giving a fine lead to individuals all over the Empire.

Effect Upon N.Z. [Special To '‘Northern Advocate.”! WELLINGTON, Tuesday. A detailed investigation of the effect which the new Anglo-American trade treaty is likely to have upon New Zealand has been completed by the Department of Industries and Commerce. and the conclusion reached is that the outcome will not be as serious as was feared at first.

The Government accepts the fact that ihe Ottawa agreements are to be revised, but believes that the actual proposal of the British Government will not exercise as much influence on New Zealand trade as on the trade of some of the other Dominions.

Canadian wheat is expected to be affected as well as Australian wheat, meat, dried fruits and special kinds of fresh fruit shipped in storage.

The mystery of the Australian delegation to Britain to discuss the Ottawa agreement (to which conference Mr Savage declared New Zealand had not been invited) has also been cleared up. It seems the Australians invited themselves to London, and that the only conference held there will be one 'of their own seeking. Scanning the trade positions be-

tween the United States and Britain, the Government experts have come to the conclusion that there may be certain changes in the marketing of meat in the Homeland which will affect New Zealand, and that concessions which will be granted to American fruit are likely to make a difference during the period overlap between Northern and Southern Hemisphere crops. i Outside these two fields, however, no other material changes are expected, though it is realised that other Dominions may not be so fortunate. The check of American imports serves to show ’ that there is no apparent deficiency in wool, and that there will be no dairy produce available for export to Britain.