OTTAWA AGREEMENTS
BRITAIN WILL OBSERVE AUSTRALIA ASSURED CANBERRA, May 2 The Minister of Commerce, Mr. F. H. Stewart, stated to-day that he had been informed by the Australian Minister in London, Mr. S. M. Bruce, that the British Government has declared jt will strictly carry out the Ottawa agreements. It will adjust the excess of imports of foreign "bagged beef" (classed as offal from Argentina), into England by reductions to be made during the remaining quarters of the year. Mr. Stewart said the position, as it was now defined by the British Government, fully met the objections raised by Australian meat exporters. Producers throughout Australia might rest assured that both the letter and the spirit of the Ottawa agreements would be observed by the British Government. AGRICULTURAL POLICY BRITAIN AND DOMINIONS LONDON PRELIMINARIES LONDON, May 1 Sir Thomas "VVilford, High Commissioner for New Zealand, Mr. S.. M. Bruce, Australian Minister in London, ]\lr. McDougall, Mr. W. lorns, chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Board, its London manager, Mr. H. Davis, and Mr. 11. S. Forsyth, of the New Zealand Meat Board, attended a meeting at the 'Treasury with Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Dominions Secretary, and Mr. Walter llunciman, President of the Board ol Trade. A committee was formed "to consider the implications of an agricultural policy in preparation for the World Economic Conference."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21481, 3 May 1933, Page 9
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