DAIRY PRODUCE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 21 March 1936, Page 7

DAIRY PRODUCE

BIGGER SHARE FOR THE DOMINION RENEWAL OF OTTAWA AGREEMENT vßy Telegraph—Press Association' WELLINGTON, This Day. The possibility of the Dominions gain, ing a larger share of Great Britain’s ! daily market in the near' future was ; welcomed enthusiastically by the Prime Miister, Hon. M. J. Savage, when interviewed this week in regard to the cablegram (published this week) relating to the renewal of the Ottawa dairy pro ducts agreement, “I think it is splendid that the Dominions should be brought closer together in the matter of trade.” MiSavage said, “and that the British Government contemplates giving the Dominions a larger share of its import market. If we are going to discuss-' preferential trade within the Empire, this is the sort of thing that must nappen. There is no use talking of mutual . trade within the Empire and then work- ; ing out- agreements with other countries. That certainly is not helpful.”' Mr Savage said the new viewpoint., of the British Government, brought about apparently by a breakdown in the negotiations with Denmark and . by the latter country’s recent trade.y agreement with Germany, strengthened his view that there should be permanent facilities for Empire discussions on trade matters. The different countries of the British Commonwealth ought to be m a position .to discuss matters at any stage. The setting un of something in the nature'of a permanent Empire council could remove many of the i difficulties which were at present encountered. If j. It was not *yet ofeor. Mr Savage coft-,- - timied,'-whether New Zealan.d .'would be invited to participate in a conference on the future .of the British daily,., market. .The belief in the past had been that ;thq whole subject would come up for (Rshttssion at thq ; expiry of tlie British GfivCtrnment’s agreements, wit It Denmark and the Argentine. Both these agreements expired this year, but so, far no invitation had been, received,:,by the New Zealand Government to. make any renresentations regarding the tutlire. It was not known whether some form of conference might he called this year or whether the whole matter, might he held in. abeyance until next year, when the coronation of King Edward and the holding of on Imperial Conference would mean the presence of ‘ a large gathering of Empire states-, men in London “At present the situation in Europe ' overshadows everything,! 1 Mr Savage, concluded. “The British Government' - has kept us closely informed of all de- _ velonmonts and it seems to me that oneresult of it all will be that all the epfin- . tries of the British Commonwealth will be brought-closer together.” ”