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NEW ZEALAND POTATOES CANBERRA DECISION LI MI TED IMPORTATION RELIEF OF SHORTAGE (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. March 10, 10 a.m.) CANBERRA, March 10. The Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons, has announced that the Federal Government has decided to permit the importation of 250 tons of potatoes weekly from New Zealand for the next four weeks. He added that it was not proposed to permit unlimited importationsj but to so regulate the entry that the Australian growers would receive adequate protection. He said that the Government had always been ready to protect the Australian potato grower, who at times encountered serious difficulties, but in justice to the consumers it must be agreed that the present acute shortage should be relieved.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19884, 10 March 1939, Page 5
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