EMBARGO ON POTATOES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18711, 17 May 1924, Page 11

EMBARGO ON POTATOES.

AUSTRALIAN REGULATIONS. ADMISSION WITH SAFEGUARDS. FBI TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] OAMARU, Friday. The Minister for Agriculture, Hon W. Nosworthy, made a statement to-da; regarding the Austrailan embargo on po tatoes. He said that while in Ausltrali lately th© Director-General of Agricultur discussed with the Australian authoritie the question of the embargo. As th result of the discussions which took plac the Victorian Government decided' that i would be willing for New Zealand potato* to be admitted under certain conditions which may be summarised as follows: — That provision be made by regulatio under ithe Federal Quarantine Act t allow the admission of New Zealand pots toes, if they are accompanied by a Goa eminent certificate of having been exan ined and found free from powdery scab c other scheduled disease. Also, that the have been grown on a farm or farms o which a special inspection has shown 11 indication of the existence of powder scab for a period of 12 months. Inspe< tion at the port of entry will be pn vided for, and it may be that th growers will be required to stencil the; names on the bags. " When Dr. Reakes left Australia, said the Minister, " the matter was i the hands of the Commonwealth author ties, and ho had very good reasons f( hoping that it would go through a right."