FARMERS’ OPPOSITION
RESTRICTIONS ON BUTTER (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Dairy produce quotas were considered by the Dominion executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union to-day. Mr. W. J. Poison, M.P., the president stressed the seriousness of the position,' and asked that his action in supporting the Daily Board bo confiimed, stating that quotas would lead to stagnation and check the development of the industry. He also referred to the necessity of giving Britain a quul pro quo, and mentioned that portion of the Ottawa agreement dealing witli British manufactures in New Zealand. In a telegram to the Dairy Board he had advocated standing on the Ottawa agreement and demanding that it be interpreted in the spirit in which it was intended, namely, offering Britain such tariff adjustments as would secure a continuance of the agreement.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18067, 19 April 1933, Page 11
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