DOMINION PRODUCTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22136, 14 December 1933, Page 9

DOMINION PRODUCTS

. ' DUMPING IN BRITAIN AGRICULTURISTS COMPLAIN. LONDON, December 13. (Received Dec. 13, at 10 p.m.) The Daily Telegraph says that Major W. E. Elliot (Minister of Agriculture) is consulting the dominion Governments “regarding the dumping of dominion products, being a breach of the Ottawa agreements, and of which British agriculturists are complaining.” Major Elliot revealed the fact that these negotiations were afoot to a private meeting of the Conservative Agriculture Committee in the House of Commons to-night. Meat and milk producers are particularly affected. It was stated at the meeting that New Zealand butter is being sold in Britain at 7d, while the price in New Zealand was Is 3d. Major Elliot admitted that the wholesale ' price of beef was still far below renumerative levels, but he hoped short!}' to arrive at new voluntary arrangements, which would ease the position. The. meeting appointed a committee to report on meat imports. MR FORBES INTERVIEWED. (From Our Parliamentart Reporter.) ' WELLINGTON, December 13. “ We have not heard anything of this matter yet,” said the Prime Minister (Mr G. W. Forbes) to-night when a cable message from London was referred to him stating that Major Elliot was consulting the dominion Governments regarding the dumping of their products in breach of the spirit of Ottawa and other agreements. Mr Forbes had no other comment to moke on the report.