GERMAN GOODS

Otago Witness, Issue 3571, 22 August 1922, Page 29

GERMAN GOODS

APPREHENSION IN AUSTRALIA. IFbom Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY, August 10. A good deal of apprehension exists in Australia regarding the lifting of the embargo upon German goods m Australia, which took place on August 1, both from the point of view of sentiment and of business. Three days before the lifting of the embargo the steamer Maimyo, which had loaded at Hamburg, and was the first vessel to come here from Germany since 1914, landed portion of her cargo at Melbourne. There was a great outcry, and the Customs authorities were threatening all kinds of action when it was discovered that officially the country of origin of the goods was Czechoslovakia, thus making them immune from the prohibition. However, in the ship’s cargo were some German goods, and these were landed in Sydney on the day the embargo was lifted. They comprised pianos and toys, and it. is said that they are marked' at ridiculously low prices. Eleven other vessels are listed to load at. Hamburg for Australian ports up to the end of this month. The attitude of returned soldiers towards the importation of German goods has been expressed in a resolution carried at a Federal Conference now being held in Sydney. This urged the Federal Government to pass legislation preventing the dumping of German goods, in order to protect Australian and British manufacturers. A resolution was also carried that a nation-wide campaign to pledge Australians to buy A usf ralian-prodiioed articles exclusively should bo held. The general opinion was tlint as Australian goods had become so notable during the war, the Government should he asked to protect them. In Tasmania a suggestion was put before the Launceston Chamber of Commerce that members should not purchase German goods, but this was amended to a pledge that they should support local and British