BRITISH INDUSTRY
EASING OF RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORTS Auckland, June 25. "British industry is now beginning to turn from destructive to constructive work,” said Sir Harry Batterboe. High Commissioner for the United Kingdom .n New Zealand, today, referring to the absolute necessity of export trade to Sir Harry mentioned the importance of New Zealand to the United Kingdom and of the United Kingdom to New Zealand. The two countries were in a complementary position as regards trade, he said. Each Country by helping the other waff helping itself.* The realization of plans for the conversion of British industry from war to peace use would take time and would vary from industry to industry, lie said. However, the position had cased since the beginning of this year, and there had been a lifting in the restrictions on the export of machine toois, agriculture. industrial and textile machinery I* lass ware, plastic materials, cooking and heating appliances, bicycles and motorcycles, wireless receivers, radio-gramo-phones. prams and umbrellas. It did not follow, of course, that these would become immediately available. The best way for importers to take advantage of this easing was for them to keep in dose touch with rheir regular suppliers in the United Kingdom. .
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 26 June 1945, Page 4
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