EMPIRE ECONOMIC POLICY.
FRUSTRATED BY GOVERNMENT’S DECISION. PROTEST FROM PRODUCERS’ ORGANISATION. (Elec. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received May 7, 2.10 p.m.) LONDON, May 6. The Empire Producers’ Organisation passed a. resolution that it views with apprehension the Government s failure to ratify the Economic Conference resolutions, and regaled!® with, dismay the Government’s pvbposals to .reduce duties on certain products receiving preferences, with stabilising preferences at preBud get money value, thereby checking enterprise in Empire development. The organisation points out (that the Government's action will force the Dominions in .search of markets to enter longt'emi, commercial treaties with, foreign countries, regardless of Britain’s interests, which action the Dominions have long striven to avoid 1 in an endeavor to institute a commbw Empire economic policy. It also emphasises that the Government’s action will make difficult the task of Ending settlement opportunities for Britain’s surplus population.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16424, 7 May 1924, Page 9
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149EMPIRE ECONOMIC POLICY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16424, 7 May 1924, Page 9
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