POSSIBILITIES OF QUOTA

Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1934, Page 6

POSSIBILITIES OF QUOTA

CLAIMS OF BRITISH FARMERS. MR. FORBES DISCUSSES POINT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The Prime Minister,, the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, referred to the quota question at the Royal Show to-day. “So much depends upon the goodwill of Britain,” said Mr. Forbes, "that would it not be worth while to have a look at the matter? No doubt we feel a quota would be a disastrous thing for a young country like New Zealand. “I hope the rise in the market will continue and do away with the agitation for a quota, yet I think it would be wise to give some heed to requests and complaints made by the British farmers, bearing in mind that at the end of 1935 we have to have a renewal of the Ottawa Agreement.”

QUOTA NOT EXPECTED. OPINION OF ENGLISH M-P. “When the true facts are known I don’t think a quota will be imposed,” said Sir John Sandeman Allen, a member of the House of Commons, in an interview with the Daily News at Hawera yesterday. In expressing his own opposition to a quota Sir John indicated that the majority of English people did not want it. “I am bitterly opposed to quotas, said Sir John, “particularly one on butter. There is a strong feeling against quotas in the House of Commons, and I think the country as a whole is opposed to it. We opposed the suggested Dominion wheat quota.” A quota, he pointed, out, would restrict New Zealand’s purchasing power. This would in turn mean that New Zealand would be able to buy from England less manufactured goods, which was of the greatest importance to England.