AUSTRALIAN ATTITUDE
• BASIS OF ECONOMIES i CANBERRA WILLING \ (Roc. Mar. 18, 10 a.m.) CANBERRA, Mar. 17. “If Germany is prepared to enter into a trade agreement with Australia on a similar basis to other countries, there will be no political difficulties in the way,” said the Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons, yesterday in referring to the suggestion made in Berlin on Thursday by Dr. Otto Ricck, the secretary of the British Dominions section of the German Ministry of 1 Economics, that political considerations, rather than strictly economic difficulties, were at present prevent--1 ing the extension of trade by Aus--1 tralia and New Zealand with Germany. Mr. Lyons added that Dr. Rieck had completely misinterpreted the facts as far as Australia was concerned. Australia’s approach to the matter had been on the basis of economics and was distinct from political con-, siderations.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19890, 18 March 1939, Page 5
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