POTATO EMBARGO
SUGGESTION OF SMALL QUOTA.
GROWERS’ STRONG OPPOSITION.
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.
Canberra, April 10.
A deputation of Senators and members of the House of Representatives waited on the acting-Prime Minister, Dr. Earle Page, and Mr. T. W. White, Minister of Customs, to protest against . the proposal to admit New Zealand potatoes into Australia. Speakers declared that the introduction of even a limited amount of potatoes on a fully-supplied market would inevitably depress the market and cause many growers to abandon their holdings. Dr. Page promised to bring the deputation’s remarks before Cabinet.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 April 1935, Page 5
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