TIMELY STATEMENT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25852, 24 May 1945, Page 4

TIMELY STATEMENT

MR HOLLAND ON IMPORT CONTROL OUR DEPENDENCE ON BRITAIN (P.A.) WELLINGTON, May 23. “ This council is of the opinion that the statement made in London by Mr S. G. Holland is enlightening and most timely. It substantially supports the evidence in possession of the association,” says a statement issued by the United Kingdom Manufacturers and New Zealand Representatives’ Association, referring to Mr Holland’s comment on British objections to New Zealand’s import control policy. “ Moreover,” the statement says, “ the report of Mr Holland’s statement tends to conflict with the assurances given to the people of the Dominion on March 28 by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Mr D. G. Sullivan, and indicates to the association that the people of Great Britain are deeply concerned with the situation as envisaged by the Government of New Zealand to perpetuate its import control policy. The association is satisfied that the consuming public of the Dominion must become more conscious of the fact that the prosperity of New Zealand is directly proportional to the ability of the New Zealand farmers to sell their produce to Great Britain, and conversely the ability of the people of Great Britain to be kept fully and usefully employed so that they may continue to buy the New Zealand farmers’ produce. “A full- realisation of these fundamentals bv the people of the Dominion must be brought home to the responsible Government Ministers,” the statement concludes, “ if New Zealand is to maintain an economic and high standard of living for its people."