AUSTRALIAN IMPORTS
RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED NON-STERLING COUNTRIES SYDNEY, Mar. 31. (Received Mar. 31, at 11 p.m.) Restrictions on the importation of goods from non-sterling countries, which, based on the figures for 193839, amount to- £1,650,000, are announced by the Prime Minister (Mr R. G. Menzies). The restrictions will operate from Monday. “Unessential and not-so-essential imports must give way to vital and essential commodities when it comes to the_ question of demand on the very limited amount of foreign currency,” Mr Menzies said.
Some of the goods affected are electric razors, agricultural implements, cutlery, spoons, forks, tiles, wallpapers, wood pencils, motor cycles, and J-housepower fractional motors for washing machines, which are all totally prohibited. There is a large list of other goods prohibited to the extent of 50 and ?5 per cent.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24261, 1 April 1940, Page 8
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