OVERSEAS FARMERS
OBJECTION TO TOURS Opposition to the visits of overseas '•fatfners to New." Zealand' oh* the ground that thay rriade use , of- knowledge gairi,ed to detriment of >Jew- Zealand farm""eW was voiced by Mr. W. J. Freeth at the anrntal'mectiiig of the Frcriili brooch of ; -the Farmer}' Union. Mr. Freeth said he thought . that New Zealand' w?puld ultimately have to pay for these visits, Which might be beneficial to visitors, butf would- certainly prove otherwise for"the farmers of New Zealand. A party of Americans, ho said, had visited New Zealand, arid on their return had reported; that the New Zealand farmer, could produce- butter for 4d per lb. less than they could. As a resillt the- Americans- had- at once clapped ona duty of : 4d per" lb.-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17238, 19 April 1930, Page 2
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128OVERSEAS FARMERS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17238, 19 April 1930, Page 2
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