RECIPROCITY PROPOSALS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12665, 19 January 1912, Page 5

RECIPROCITY PROPOSALS.

CANADA, AUSTRALIA, AND NEW ZEALAND. ADVANTAGES OF A TREATY. (Press Assn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright.) MELBOURNE, January 18i:'i.\ The Federal Government is prepared to give -Canada and New Zealand the benefit of the British preferential duties tariff, provided Australian goods are.aU lowed ito enter those countries at British rates. A Bill will be introduced next session to provide for preference to apply to Canadian goods, but several items will probably be excepted. Mr Tudor declared that if they had a reciprocal treaty there would have been no difficulty about subsidising mail steamers, but it Avas not advisable to grant a subsidy to steamers calling at New Zealand unless they had reciprocity. During 1910 Australia exported £80,---000 worth of goods to Canada, and had txhe preferential rate been in existence would have saved £7727. Canadian exports to Australia during the same period l were £110,294, and preference would have saved £3400. ;