TRADE AGREEMENT
CANADA AND AUSTRALIA NEGOTIATIONS CONCLUDED (Eliic. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Jan. 2, 10 a.m.) OTTAWA, Doc. 31. Until tlie completion of the agreement, no Australian butter will be sold in Canada at loss than 32 cents per 11). As the present wholesale price is about 30 cents, the effect is, for tin- present at least, that Australian butter will cease to be a factor on the domestic market. Mr. Moloney and Mr. Stevens are still conferring, and the Australian undertaking is believed to have paved the way for- the settlement of one of the more difficult factors. The setting of a minimum juice has been suggested as a method to be followed in settling the butter question in the treaty itself. Mr. Moloney and his party have left for home. In :i brief statement Sir fi corgi' I'erley, on behalf of the Canadian Government, said: "We had a most cordial discussion with our Australian friends, and both sides are hopeful that satisfactory results will follow, and we will be able to arrange an agreement beneficial to both countries,"
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17455, 2 January 1931, Page 7
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181TRADE AGREEMENT Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17455, 2 January 1931, Page 7
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